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Tag Archives: fresh produce
Golden Oyster Mushrooms Pasta (Gelber Seitling) – Yum!!!
Hubs recently started experiementing in the garden, ‘planting’ a wooden stump impregnated with mushroom spores. As it won’t produce until about August, a friend presented him with a few easy-to-cultivate, pre-impregnated mediums (straw, hay??) in plastic bags. I’ve never heard … Continue reading
Letting Nature Take It’s Course
Tomorrow is the first of June and the beginning of summer! The moments of preparation and care will now bring forth fruit and hopefully lots of it on a consistent basis. Still, everything’s not as easy as it seems. Last … Continue reading
Summer Has Left Austria
A month ago, I said goodbye to the last of the spring harvest and looked forward to enjoying our summer fruit. With the erroneous concept that the garden was self-sufficient, Hubs and I took off for a week on our first real … Continue reading
Squeezing the Last out of Spring Harvest and a Warm Chard Salad
About a week ago, I told you about The Weird Gap Between Spring and Summer Harvests, when temperatures rise, lettuces and other spring offerings start to wane and taste weird, and the summer items are getting ready to come into … Continue reading
Posted in My Kitchen
Tagged Chard recipe, cooking chard, food, fresh produce, gardening, late spring lettuce, Mangold Rezept, natural food, recipe
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The Weird Gap between Spring & Summer Harvests
We’ve hit mid-July and the garden is still alive. There’ve been no major setbacks – outside of the Okra, which I believe are stunted due to poor placement on my behalf and unstable weather. There hasn’t been any harvesting of the … Continue reading
Posted in My Garden
Tagged balcony gardening, chop and drop, Edible flowers, fresh produce, gardening, natural food, Radishes, Rainbow Chard, Romaine lettuce, spring produce
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End of June…
Finally found my camera and made a few shots this afternoon – even if I did get the date wrong. For more detail (or an enlarged view) click on the photo.
Getting closer to summer!
The calendar and weather is transitioning from spring to summer temps and nowhere is it more apparent than in the lifecycle of plants. Given the right conditions, they will show you the passing of time. Don’t believe me? Check it … Continue reading
Posted in My Garden
Tagged balcony gardening, fresh produce, gardening, natural food, organic gardening
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Only 8 More Days Required!
It’s Day 92 and the recent night temperatures have dropped to around 14°C/57°F. Leaves have turned yellow and a surprising amount of them have turned brown and withered. Nonetheless, there are a vast amount of big green leaves and even … Continue reading
Posted in My Garden
Tagged balcony gardening, curing sweet potatoes, fresh produce, gardening, growing sweet potatoes
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Summer Bounty & Surprises
As we’ve entered late Summer (some days it feels more like early Fall), we’ve been harvesting lots and lots – herbs, tomatoes, and lettuces mostly. Everything else is taking it’s own sweet time developing (which is a bit worrying, with … Continue reading
Posted in My Kitchen
Tagged Dandelion, Dandelion salad, fresh produce, German Gold, Green Zebra, Jani, natural food, recipes, tomato, Zuckertraube
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