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Tag Archives: broccoli
Harvest Monday: June Bounty
I do love this time of year in the garden, when the fruit is ripening and both spring and summer veggies are in the harvest bucket. Last week we enjoyed the last of the spring strawberries along with the first … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, broccoli, cucumber, fruit, lettuce, raspberry, strawberry
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Harvest Monday: Green & Red
The harvests last week seemed to mostly involve the colors green and red. In the green camp we had: Arugula Garlic Scapes Lettuce The broccoli was bluish-green In the red zone we had: Cherries Strawberries The radicchio harvest seemed to … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, cherries, fruit, garlic, greens, lettuce, radicchio, strawberry
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Harvest Monday: Strawberries and More
Last week was definitely the week where the strawberry shined. We harvested 8.4 pounds of them, fully half our total harvest for the week. In addition to eating some every day, we started freezing them for later use. They are … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian greens, asparagus, broccoli, Gardening, lettuce, radicchio, salad
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Wordless Wednesday: Heading Up
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Harvest Monday – Transition
It’s now mid-May, and the harvests are slowly transitioning from the leafy greens of late winter and early spring to the more substantial fruits and vegetables of late spring and summer. Which means our diet is in transition as well. … Continue reading
Harvest Monday – Lettuce Be Thankful
I harvested a lot of lettuce last week. Almost seven pounds of lettuce, in fact. Now, we eat a lot of salads, but there’s no way we can eat that much lettuce! So I took five pounds of it into … Continue reading
The Blooms Come, and Go
I took an opportunity this week to capture photos of some of our blooming plants. I started with the double flowering cherry tree. I believe it is a Kwanzan cherry, and it was literally covered in fluffy pink blossoms this … Continue reading
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Tagged berries, broccoli, flowers, Photography, spring
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