The Final Basil Harvest

I planted a prodigious amount of basil this year.  Like, a LOT, a lot.  After a summer of pruning here and there to make pizzas and pestos, it was time to cut everything down and see what I had. (I apologize for the iPhone pictures- it’s just what’s close at hand when I’m covered in [...]

Tomatoes at my House, From Seed to Kitchen

Every February or March, either my mom or I plant up a squillion or so tomato seeds in dirt trays in our greenhouses, and wait for them to sprout.  Once they’ve come up, we use a very careful method involving a teaspoon and a sharp pencil to pick up each little sprout and transplant it [...]

Harvest Season

Now that Fall is here, and it’s time to bring in the last of the garden, things are getting busy! We had the 2 cases of peaches that were canned, and the one that was frozen.     Beets from the garden Oven-dried figs, from Mom’s tree.  I didn’t get a picture, but I’ve dried [...]