Tag: kitchen garden
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Six on Saturday | 14th March 2026
The first seeds went into the ground this week — 274 grams of homegrown peas, pressed into the soil by hand. The comeback year is officially underway. Also: survivor thymes, immortal bergenias, a zombie apple tree, and two beds of defrosted freezer archaeology serving as a wildlife buffet.
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Six on Saturday | 7th March 2026
I took a year off from the garden. Not on purpose — 2025 was just that kind of year. But it’s early March, the snow is pulling back, and I went outside with a cold and a pair of boots to see what survived. Turns out the garden carried on without me, slightly offended.
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Hunted, Foraged, Traded, Inherited
I was doing a freezer audit the other week. (There’s a longer story there involving some truly ancient beef liver and a reckoning with inherited food packrat tendencies, but that’s a confession for another day.) The point is: I found treasures. Vacuum-sealed venison osso buco from November 2024, bought through our local food circle from…
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My Favorite Matcha Smoothie (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Drink from the Blender Cup)
The author shares their love for smoothies, particularly a banana matcha version that keeps them full until lunch. They discuss sourcing ingredients and offer a detailed recipe with creative add-ins.
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June 2024 Vegetable Garden Tour
One year later and here we go again! A video taking you around the raised beds to see what’s growing in this year’s veg garden. It’s been fun to compare how much has changed since last year’s tour. I hope to do one of the flower garden as well, after I clean it up next…
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Six on Saturday | 22nd June 2024
Happy Midsummer weekend! With last week’s rains, several days of clear sunny skies and only a couple hours of twilight to call night, our garden has been growing at a breakneck pace. We are absolutely inundated with leafy greens at the moment and I have already started showing up to friends’ houses bearing whole lettuces.…
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Six on Saturday | 15th June 2024
I am determined to actually do this on the proper day this week, yes I am! The clear weather today after a week of thunderstorms (some of our friends had localized hail!) made it a very pleasant day for photography. Sadly, I will have to wait until next week to share whatever I pick up…
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Six on Saturday | 8th June 2024
The post discusses various updates on the garden, including the early blooming of Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Plena’ due to unusual weather, a self-seeded lilac’s growth, and the neglected state of the Rhododendron ‘Helsinki University’. The author also mentions the spinach bolting and a visit to a nursery resulting in the acquisition of new herbs. The post…
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Six on Saturday | 1st June 2024
This year’s SoS posts finally kick off after a lull, with the excitement of the first asparagus harvest, apple trees in full blossom, forget-me-nots adding color to the garden, and the first stinging nettle harvest. Despite setbacks like high temperatures burning up some plants, the vegetable garden is mostly planted and sprouted.
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Six on Saturday | 9th December 2023
I’ve been waiting later and later every Saturday before writing these posts, hoping that I might snap a picture of something that will make its way into the collection. It’s made a little difficult by the fact that I can only take pictures on the weekend since it is dark when I leave the house…