Yes: when the mud starts flowing, it’s Spring. It’s about time for a gardening post, don’cha think? Even though I’m getting my annual end-of-the-winter cold and feel pretty crappy, I was still chomping at the bit to go up to the barn and clean out the greenhouse yesterday. For crying out loud, the thermomulator said 40 [...]  Wait! Before you rip those dead plants out of the garden and throw them into the compost/garbage (I seriously hope you aren’t throwing them in the garbage. I just had to tie it in with the title.), ask yourself if you can salvage anything. Seeds, baby. In my case, cilantro seeds. All over the internet, in books, [...]  The Plants, Not the Food. (And to be honest, I sometimes also hate the blank-eyed sociopath pictured here with the chives. But what a pretty picture!) Yes, I hate chives. I hate them with a passion. It is different from my hate of beets. I simply don’t like the taste of beets. Chives, I hate from the [...]  (Well, at my house anyway.) Why is there no national Kale Day? Actually, I have no idea if there is a National Kale Day. There probably is. If there is, then my question automatically morphs into: Why didn’t I know about National Kale Day? With that settled, I will tell you why there should be a special [...]  Learn how I saved my marriage by finding the best way to cook with those big jars of already peeled garlic you can get at the store. Cheap. Fast. And way better tasting than raw. Easier to digest, [...]  Horseradish. I have to wonder if it is an old fashioned taste that has lost favor like cold aspic meat jello dishes and fruit salad. No one ever talks about regular old horseradish anymore! I just LOVE horseradish. Love, love it. In all it’s forms. Oddly enough, as I was getting ready to write this, I [...] 
No, I wasn’t planning on a third installment of apples. However, a commenter last week asked me if you could drink the juice from the boiled apples for jelly as apple juice or cider. Having tasted it, I knew you couldn’t. But I wasn’t sure why, so I called my friend Chris, whose husband Joel [...]  (Headline was a cheap-attention getter, sorry.) I don’t know why I thought I already wrote this piece, but I swear I did. Maybe I dreamed it. Get ready, because I’m planning to boss you guys around. Again. It seems like all I do is tell everyone what to do and why they should do it. Well. I [...] 
Ugh. Ugh. I wish I could be more upbeat about this whole harvest thing, but MAN. I’m ridiculously SICK of it. How do orchard people stay happy? How does anyone stay happy? It’s just one thing after another thing after another… it’s never over. I’m never done! aah. I digress. Again. Not only do I sit and think “Oh [...]  What a stupid title. Some days, I just don’t have it. I’m chronicling my fall garden tasks and since rosemary is one of my top two flavors (the other being garlic), I always take care of my rosemary plants. I live in Minnesota. Global warming (or marketing gimmicks) have pushed the Minneapolis/St. Paul gardening climate into definitive [...] |
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