Friday, July 18, 2014

Harvest July 18th

Several handfuls of weeds
Lots of pink yarrow flowers
Seeds of radishes (review seed saving on radishes), blue icelandic poppies, and purple lupines.
old radishes and peas for the chickens
3 eggs from yesterday, maybe 1 from the new crew!

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Harvest July 15th

These do not include all the stuff the kid, the chickens, and I ate.

4 eggs (+1 found broken)
40 peas
6 pole beans
4 runner beans
5 green zucchini

(lots of pumpkins on the ever growing vines).

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Harvest July 9th

2 elephant garlics
24 regular garlics
3 handfuls of peas (eaten)
half a cup of baby kale
1 zucchini
4 runner beans (eaten)
2 pole beans (eaten)
10 cups rhubarb jarred up in syrup for the freezer.
2 inch diameter lavender stems
a couple dozen calendula flowers
4 garlic scapes
2 handfuls basil tops

Friday, June 27, 2014

Guess what I'm up to?

Old kitty litter bin, Things from Another World paper bag, mediocre scissors, Mod Podge (will probably use matte), and foam brush.

The kitty litter bucket was painted with random interior house paint earlier last year.

I'll post a pic when I'm done.

Hellboy ♡♡

Baked Stuffed Squash Blossoms

I have been meaning to try fried squash blossoms for four or five years now.  I hate the deep fry hassle though, and all that leftover oil makes me wish I was doing biodiesel.  I guess it's good that I don't because I'd feel more okay with frying shit up all the time.

So I saw this oven baked squash recipe: http://www.katherinemartinelli.com/blog/2012/baked-stuffed-squash-blossoms/ and gave it a go.

I saved up male mystery squash blossoms for two or three days til I had 8 or so.  Kept 'em in the fridge in glasses half full of water until this morning.

I left the stamens in place, recipe didn't describe flower prep. 

I changed the stuffing a bit.  I used too much salt.  I used store bought bread crumbs.  I used basil and lemon verbena in the cheese mixture

The outside though, the dredging process, I followed exactly.

They would've tasted better fried.  I may cook squash blossoms again, but never based around this recipe.  I'd rather eat them raw in a salad, which I may do later this week.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Seed Inventory

Saved from my garden:
A dozen painted lady runner beans
A couple dozen nasturium brains
Blue Poppy Seeds, 3tbsp full, which is a shit ton.
Mystery sunflower seeds.  large and black.  mammoth?  think mammoth are gray striped


Saved from ?
mystery pumpkin seeds
pie pumpkin. whatever that means.  saved last year.
lavender seed.  from my sister's flowers.

Honeybee habitat scatter garden flower mix.  covers 125 square feet.
buckwheat, 2tbsp seeds
Sunzilla Sunflowers, 2012, Renee's Garden
Luffa, 2009, New Dimension
Ruby Streaks mustard, 2tsp? 2012 Territorial
Golden Streak mustard, about the same amount
black velvet nasturtiums, 2012, territorial
tomato, black plum roma, 2012, Siskiyou seeds.
Sunflower, moonshadow, 2013, territorial
carrots, purple sun hybrid, 2013 territorial
bush beans.  bush runner bean.  hestia.  2012.  territorial
pole beans. 2012.  violet podded stringless
basil genovese.  ?
purple beauty sweet pepper.  2008!  territorial.  i suck at bell peppers.
gold nugget cherry tomatoes.  2011. territorial.  i love these.
tomatoes.  taxi.  2013.  they were ok.  territorial.
peppers. mini red bells.  2013. territorial
lemon cukes.  2013.  territorial
mustard greens. southern giant curled.  2008.  botanical interests.  should be still good? great plants.
mighty mustard kodiak.  2013. territorial. giant package.
carrot dragon.  2009.  Seed Saver's Exchange.  SSE
carrot romance hybrid.  2013. territorial
onions red baron hybrid. scalion. 2013. territorial
broccoli.  summer purple.  2013. territorial
beets. merlin.  2012. territorial.
swiss chard orange. irish eyes
nasturtium glorious gleam trailing mix.  2013 ed hume
magenta orach 2012 ProjectGrow of Port City Development Center in North Portland.
Renee's Garden: merveille de quatre saisons 2009 lettuce
lettuce looseleaf italienischer 2013 territorial
radish runderschwarzer winter 2013
spinach bordeaux hybrid 2012 territorial
lettuce valmaine romaine 2013 territorial
" victoria butterhead
kale improved dwarf siberian 2012 territorial

yeah.  this puts a damper on my enthusiastic list making for my new seed catalogs.



Monday, January 6, 2014

Winter Bird Friends

How to keep birds happy in winter: grow rosemary and other tubey flowers for your hummingbird friends, have birdfeeders with assorted foods, dishes of water, and do not live in the midwest where it is colder than the south pole, currently.