Entries Tagged as 'garden'

Remembrance of Green Beans Past

January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · dinner, Recipes

Last night we reached into the freezer to turn a simple chicken dinner into something memorable. Under the ice cubes was a bag of heirloom Italian green beans–our favorite variety–that I harvested and froze from our garden over the summer. They’d been blanched before going into the freezer. To bring them to the dinner table, [...]

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Straw Mulch

May 12th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blog, garden

I like to mulch with straw in our vegetable beds. It sets off the plants nicely and gives the garden a clean look. It does everything else a good mulch should do as well, retaining moisture in the soil and holding down weeds. Eventually straw just seems to melt into the soil, adding more organic [...]

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Mother’s Day Album

May 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, garden

 

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