Saturday, October 19, 2013

Tomatillo Salsa Verde - Artichoke Seeds - In the hoop house (+playlist)




Garden season drawing to a close we had our first light frost today. A look around at things that are still growing in the hoop house, saving some artichoke seeds harvesting some vegetables that were hidden under the vines. I picked my tomatillos and found a recipe for Salsa Verde which turned out to be quite nice.

Link to the winter squash harvesting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9ekV93aoY


2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Construction, Crushing and Paving



A collection of clips that I've taken over the past month or so documenting the activity in a quarry close to where I live. Rock blasting, crushing and the much needed resurfacing of the local highway which had not be done in almost 30 years. I'm fascinated by all of the large machines and the incredible amount of work that has been done here in the last few weeks.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Hens & Chantecler Chicks 10 Weeks Old


Out reading and watching the hens free range. Now I'm concerned that my 5 Chantecler chicks might be 4 roosters and 1 little hen. I explain why this might be happening.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Pickled Cauliflower, Cara Potato Storage, Harvesting, Compost and Chante...



Two of my Cauliflower were ready to harvest so I made a few jars of   Cauliflower Pickles I think they turned out well and should be nice and spicy as I used Thai Birdseye chillies.I think I have settled on a method for storing some of the Cara potatoes for next years garden. A look at some compost that is ready to use, I plan to put most of it in the raised beds in the hoop house. Of course another look at the Chantecler Chicks which were eight weeks old when this clip was recorded.