Our Happy Acres

This salad makes a nice cool side dish when chilled, but it’s good at room temperature too. Cook quinoa according to package directions (2/3 cup uncooked quinoa should make about 2 cups cooked). Toasting the pumpkin seeds really pumps up their flavor.

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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 great in breakfast smoothies, alone or mixed with other fruits. We freeze them much like [...]

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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 the soup kitchen last Tuesday. We’ve got a lot more that needs to be harvested, [...]

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It’s hard to believe it’s already May! This spring is going by too fast. It will be hot and humid here all too soon. I want to enjoy our normally brief spring weather while it lasts.
We did get much needed rain this week (over 4 inches), and the veggies certainly loved it. The asparagus really [...]

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I took a walk around the gardens this week to take some photos and see how things are coming along this spring. I think it’s nice to document the progress everything is making, and the photos come in handy later on when dates and details get fuzzy.
The window boxes I planted early in March have [...]

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The classic wilted spinach salad is made with hot bacon drippings. This lightened version uses orange marmalade, balsamic vinegar and olive oil for a hot dressing. Serve with a whole wheat roll or bread for a great light lunch or dinner. With the tangy dressing, you won’t even miss the bacon!

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