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…
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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…
All-Raw Ice Cream Season
The every day summer rains have been hard on the garden, but the pastures are lush and green. The hay season is over, and the cows knew it as they watched us in a huddle around the empty hay ring as we set up moveable electric fencing for the week’s grazing. Loud mooings, some plaintive,…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 