It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Speaking of harvests, I made another cutting of tender new leaves from the overwintered collard plants. I thought they were about done for, but at least one plant (Jernigan’s Yellow Cabbage) proved me wrong and gave us a bit less than a pound of tender leaves last week. These are great when lightly sautéed in a bit of olive oil, and for me don’t need much in the way of seasoning other than some salt. collard harvest We’re also continuing to enjoy the lettuce I’m harvesting from the greenhouse plantings. T ..read more

The last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a project to replace the cold frames I have behind our greenhouse. I’ve got three growing areas back there with about 50 square feet of growing space, and the cold frames provide protection from wind and critters like deer and rabbits. The frames have been falling apart for some time, and I finally decided it was time to replace them. Here’s what they looked like back in the fall of 2020, when they were still in fairly good shape. back side of greenhouse And here’s what they look like now, falling apart on the tops and bottoms with mostly rotten ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The weather has been seasonally cool here of late, and we continue to enjoy the lettuce I have planted in the greenhouse. Last week I cut Sea of Red and Grazion, and they went in salads and on tacos. I think homegrown lettuce has more flavor than what we buy at the grocery store, and my wife and I enjoy it often when it’s in season here. I make croutons with our homemade bread to go on salads, where they add both crunch and flavor. Grazion and Sea of Red lettuce lunch salad tacos with lettuce And we a ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s salad season here, and lettuce continues to play a big role in many of our meals lately. I cut a couple of smaller heads of Hyper Red Rumple Waved last week, along with a big head of the green leafed Starfighter. We used the Starfighter in a wilted lettuce salad, which is one of my favorite treatments. Hyper Red Rumple Waved lettuce Starfighter lettuce wilted lettuce salad It’s also asparagus season, and we have been enjoying it in a variety of dishes. The daily harvests are usually just a few sp ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The harvests last week truly ‘eclipsed’ those of previous weeks, which is an appropriate thing on this Eclipse Edition of Harvest Monday. We’re having guests come in from out of town  since we are in the path of totality for today’s solar eclipse, which will be quite an event for sure. Now for the harvests – and let us begin with lettuce! Green Forest is a romaine type that I’ve had mixed results with. I cut this one before it was fully headed up since it looked like it was trying to bolt. I have bette ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Harvests have picked up a bit lately, and that’s no April Fooling! It’s salad season here, with the greenhouse lettuce finally maturing. Bergam’s Green is a green leaf lettuce that typically makes big heads of wavy green leaves. It makes a good base for my wife’s Classic Wilted Lettuce Salad, which we enjoyed for dinner one night last week, along with some burgers. Bergam’s Green lettuce wilted lettuce salad Sea of Red is one of my favorite red leaf lettuces, and I can always depend on it to make colorf ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Thankfully, my wife is doing better after her bout with Covid and is gradually returning to normal activities. Last week we got our first ‘real’ harvest in a while – the first cutting of asparagus! Lynda and I always look forward to asparagus season here, which usually runs from around this time of year to early June. It’s running a bit ahead of last year, when our aging asparagus patch gave us 13 pounds of spears. I roasted these first ones, and my wife and I shared. More spears are coming up and I should ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I got another small harvest from the greenhouse last week of a scallion and some parsley to make a batch of tabouli salad. Parsley is one of my favorite herbs, and I have it growing here pretty much year round. The tabouli went well with my wife’s curried chicken salad and some toasted pita bread for our lunch one day. scallion and parsley for tabouli tabouli salad with curried chicken salad We continue to have a lot of birds visit our feeders outside. Red-bellied woodpeckers are frequent visitors at th ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. My only harvest again last week was green onions from the greenhouse planting. The greenhouse lettuce should be ready to harvest soon, and I have more greens started for  spring plantings. Thankfully we have lots of veggies stored from last year, and we have been enjoying them often. green onion Every summer I always freeze lots of veggies for use in soups. Last week  I cooked up a batch of vegetable soup that featured green beans, yellow squash, tomatoes and cubes of frozen kohlrabi from last y ..read more

It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I only had one small but tasty harvest last week – a scallion I pulled for use in soup. I’ve been pulling these fall planted onions for a couple of months now, but I rarely get a photo of them. Since it was my only harvest of the week I made an exception with this one. These are the Forum onion sets I planted last year in spring and in fall, and they have done quite well for me both as scallions and as young spring onions. scallion Last week I baked a loaf of crusty sourdough bread using heirloom Rouge de ..read more