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Dave
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6bAn organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and striving to be self-sufficient.
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Tag Archives: peppers
Weighing In
The year isn’t nearly over yet, but our experiment this year of weighing all our harvests has proven to be a real eye opener. This week we hit the 800 pound mark, which is a lot of food anyway you … Continue reading
Early September
The summer vegetables continue to slow down, as the drought continues. We’ve had a little cooler temps here of late, but still no rain. It’s very difficult to keep a garden producing on watering alone. Still, we are managing to … Continue reading
Past and Future Harvests
The summer vegetable harvests have slowed down considerably here, and I must say we have mixed emotions about that. The heat and drought have definitely made for a lousy year for peppers and eggplant, and the pole beans suffered as … Continue reading
Time To Get Pickled
This past week I found time to tackle several pickling projects. For one thing, I have been wanting to make pickled garlic ever since I read Lynn’s post about it on her blog. I am looking for ways to preserve … Continue reading
Harvest Monday: Overdrive
The garden seemed to go into overdrive this week. The kitchen island has been loaded up every day with goodies from the garden, and the freezer is filling up fast. The blueberries and blackberries are hitting their peak, even as … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged black, blueberries, cucumber, fruit, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes
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Cherry Tomato Salsa
This salsa is quick and easy to make and a nice change from more traditional tomato salsas. We like a little garlic in our salsa but if you don’t, leave it out.
New For 2010
When it comes to most fashionable trends, I confess to being way behind much of the time. I don’t own an Ipod or an Iphone. My wife and I even went to prepaid cell phones because we don’t use them … Continue reading
