I was lugging a wheelbarrow full of hay and manure into the garden when the weather changed. The air was warm and still, and seemed to hang like a muggy curtain around the pea trellis and rows of young cabbages, lettuce, and broccoli as i trundled clumsily along the narrow path. A sound almost like…
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End-of-Season Sriracha (With A Twist!)
At the end of the season here, the only things still hanging on in the garden are cassava, roselle, sweet potatoes, and hot peppers. This year even the hot peppers are flagging – they really haven’t appreciated all the rain this summer. No matter, last year the hot peppers were in rare form, and…
Straight-From-The-Garden Ketchup
The Matt’s Wild Cherry tomatoes held on longer than most of the other garden plants, but we have gleaned a last harvest from them now, too. They are small and very sweet and flavorful, and grow in dripping clusters. I grow them every year, whether I plant them or not – they are always coming…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 