FINALLY, NOW that we can start planting without fear of nightly frosts, its time for the great hunt for heirloom veg varieties for the garden. I am a subscriber to a great website, Local Harvest, and came across this little gem (of course, Idaho is the Gem state) this morning: Canyon Bounty Farm in Nampa. .Call them at 463-1878 before heading out.

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First Harvest at Larrapin, originally uploaded by Gardener At Larrapin.

While we've nibbled out of the Spinach bed already, tonight we had
these two batches of greens to harvest before the big thunderstorms
that are coming. That's spinach on the right and Ragged Jack/Russian
kale on the left. We love to saute it with a little olive oil and
garlic in a big iron skillet (or wok). It stays very green and is
delicious.

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Posted by A Gardener At Larrapin Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, vegetables on 2008-05-07, 05:35:49

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A midsummer's feast, midwinter. 'Little Fingers' eggplants, some plum tomatoes, a 'Better Boy' (center), 'Sungold' cherry tomatoes (delish!), and 'Rattlesnake' pole beans. Not bad for late December.

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-12-31, 00:11:14

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photos: preparing a "winter fruit-root salad" and a bed of kale and chard!

As the days get shorter and cooler, we have been busily tending our winter crops at the MLK Middle School garden. We have kale, chard, bok choi, broccoli, romanesco, fava beans, beets, and carrots growing, which will make for a yummy feast once we get back from the holiday break!. . .

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Posted by Lisa C Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-12-14, 00:51:20

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Must apologize for not posting often. Really busy these past few weeks, and can't seem to tear myself away from my work. Here are some pics of the harvest dinner before I cooked it, all from the garden. But I forgot to take a pic of it after, it was really good. The apples are almost gone now, just a handful left, and the red cabbage is half gone too. The scent off it when I cut it is heavenly, strange as it may seem, it's only a cabbage. But I love all cabbages and cabbage family, they are one of my fave vegetables.

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Posted by Salix Tree Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-12-13, 00:29:09

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It may be nearly December, but I'm still harvesting 'Rainbow' Swiss chard, 'Sungold' tomatoes, and 'Gold Rush' zucchini from the garden. They make a great stir-fry, along with Amy's Apple & Gouda Cheese chicken sausages. Yum... and yes, I'm trying to do a little damage control for holiday wickedness.

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Posted by Angela Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, recipes on 2007-12-02, 00:28:04

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a wonderful
Thanksgiving!

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Posted by LisaBee Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-11-23, 01:39:40

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Gardeners have a special appreciation for harvest festivals. Holidays, like Thanksgiving, are centered around the food being served, even though most of the vegetables on the table came from...

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I have had a bumper crop of habeneros/jalapeno and anaheim peppers.... still more on the plants and it's Nov.9 in Portland, OR... amazing..

A friend suggested putting them on a cookie sheet in the deep freezer and them vacuum seal them with a food saver.... has anyone tried this? What are they like when thawed? Is there a better way to keep them?

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Posted by Tim Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, peppers on 2007-11-12, 00:46:04

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With the way the economy is going lately, that title could mean a number of things, but right now I just mean frost. I can’t explain why, but it feels close at hand. I had a dream about it last night (guess you could call it a nightmare!). So in addition to planting my very first garlic today, I covered the tomatoes in a frost blanket, and harvested several things I’ve been neglecting (like the tomatillos), or things I just wanted to make sure I saved (like the squash). I’m hoping the tomatoes survive a little longer, as clearly (from our dinners) you can tell that we love tomatoes. And we have SO MANY still on the vines!!!. . .

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This is one of the first winter vegetable harvests of the season - good old Brussels sprouts. I've already had some leeks off the allotment and snuck a parsnip earlier in the month but they go with colder weather than we are having at the moment. I think this is Seven Hills but I'll need to check. Some of the buttons are a bit small, others slightly blown but I'm looking forward to them. . . .

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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, vegetables on 2007-11-09, 00:27:20

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I belong to a bargain hunting board on the internet and the ladies love to post pictures of their stashes that they got for next to nothing. Well, this is along the same lines - but this is my gardening stash. But it wasn't free - it cost me a lot of labor and love - but I know that every bite of it is 100% pure and natural and exactly where it came from. Is it enough to keep me from having to buy fruits and veggies all winter long? No - but it all helps.


Here are 11 dozen jars of jelly and jam. They are not full dozens as we have taken some out to enjoy and share with friends - but they were all full. And we won't eat all of this - much of this will make it's way into gift baskets this holiday season. . . .

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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-11-07, 00:41:57

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It's November and I'm amazed by what bounty I still reap from my kitchen garden. Today I harvested the last pumpkins. They are not very big but that's okay, you can bake a decent pumpkin pie with 2 or 3 smaller pumpkins too. Before I use my pumpkins in the kitchen I like to distribute them all over my house and enjoy their beauty. Nothing says Autumn so much as pumpkins do. These 3 are now in my hallway where it's cooler and they will keep well there. In the background you see a cat ABC embroidered by me, fun isn't it? It took me about a year to finish it. . . .

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Posted by Yolanda Elizabet Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-11-07, 00:31:46

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Pictured above: Ok, we haven’t had a chance to eat these yet, but I have a little theme going here from last week’s post. Aren’t they amazing? They are indeed purple, with pink spots - scarlet runner beans. They’re about 1” long, 1/2” thick - for a sense of scale, I included a pinto bean beside it. I learned that these can be good dried beans, so I no longer feel bad not picking them yet - we’ve had a bit of a bean glut. (The trouble with never gardening before!) I’m sure we’ll have a tasty soup out of them in the next couple of weeks. . .

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The squirrels can be seen stashing away anything they can carry (I'm starting to think it will be a cold winter). Guess I am too. The freezer is full of summer harvests, now I have delicata squash and pumpkins in the garage.

This is my first year to grow delicata squash. It's said to have a sweet nutty flavor with hints of brown sugar and butter. Can't beat that in a squash! It also was quite a happy grower. I only have cooked one and that was an early one that broke off the plant. I think it wasn't quite ready to be eaten, though. I'll report back on these soon.

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Posted by Petunia's Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, squash on 2007-11-03, 06:08:08

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If you're the frugal type like me, then you just have to love edible landscaping. Take black walnut trees, for instance. Steve Nix says that his family "owns a small...

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On October 20th and 27th, we held our fall garden parties at the MLK Middle School and Excelsior Middle School gardens! Both were loads of fun - students, teachers, and volunteers worked on garden projects such as planting, weeding, building bean teepees, and sheet mulching. We ended the parties by harvesting veggies and cooking lunch together!

At MLK students cooked up a peanut stir-fry and sunchoke salad, and at Excelsior we had cheese quesadillas and salsa fresca. At both events we made a delicious sun tea with lemons and herbs fresh from the garden. Yum! Here are some photos of the events:

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Posted by Lisa C Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-10-31, 18:14:43

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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, potatoes on 2007-10-18, 06:45:10

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Usually we're done pulling zucchini and cucumber out of the garden by mid-Septemberish (at the very latest). But, this is what we harvested this morning:

While most people are complaining about the heat lasting this long, I'm quite happy about it. No cold = no need for fuel. I know darn well that we'll get paid back for all this warmth keeping the temps of the lakes up when we end up with ridiculous amounts of lake effect snows this winter, but I'm still happy it's not cold!. . .

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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, zucchini on 2007-10-09, 00:52:32

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We'll be holding another Open Garden from 3-6pm on Monday, October 8. It is Columbus Day and I figured that many of you might have the day off and could stop by if you like. Nothing fancy or formal, just me out in the yard hacking back weeds and unruly shrubs. Our Summer Solstice Open Garden back in June was cut short by a sudden storm so I thought I'd add this Fall Harvest Open Garden to the schedule while the weather is still decent. . . .

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Posted by WashingtonGardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, shows on 2007-10-07, 01:06:14

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How’d you survive the soggy weekend? Did you have to be out in the downpours and drizzle, or did you get to curl up with a nice catalog of seeds and bulbs and dream about the bee garden you’re going to plant next spring?

I’d intended to pull out the jungle of tomato vines in the garden and get some of my 200 daffodil bulbs planted. Oh yeah, and put the cider press together. The “mostly assembled” press arrived in 8 cartons and about 105 pieces. This could take some time. . .

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Posted by Robyn Dochterman Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, recipes on 2007-10-03, 00:42:37

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The last cuttings from my Garden. Now we are looking forward to a new season next. . .

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I'm so pleased to get a good harvest of kale. Midsummer, my kale leaves were filled with holes from the green caterpillars of the white cabbage butterfly. To holey for me to eat. I've had the plants covered with garden fabric since them. Now the leaves are very nice. I sauteed them with garlic, then added water and blanched about 5 minutes. Very tasty. I've read they are sweeter after a frost so I'm looking forward to eating the rest of the leaves this winter.

The variety is called Dinosaur Kale. Seeds were from Seeds of Change.

Brassicaceae

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, kale on 2007-09-28, 06:53:27

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The beginning of the end....

So this weekend I tore out most of my tomato plants, my dried up cucumber plants, and most of my squash. It was sad to do but it had to be done. I made some bruschetta today but I put a bit too much basil in it. Other than that nothing new with me, just school and work. I am taking some of my thyme in to class tomorrow for mushroom turnovers we are making. I think they will be delicious!

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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-09-26, 06:24:52

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for the first day of Autumn.
Our neighbor Catherine came by, angling to trade some grape harvest for some tomatoes-- but she was out of luck at our house. Our tomatoes this year--pardon me--sucked. The only ones that produced anything were the SuperGold cherry tomatoes, and that apparently is no accomplishment. I fear we may have some ... problem. Next year we'll try harder. Maybe in barrels. Great tomatoes are the one edible I'd really like to do well. But the last couple years, definitely not-so-good. Alas.

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Posted by LisaBee Reblogged by Old Roses to fruit, harvest on 2007-09-23, 07:10:04

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'Tis the season to be finding many, many acorns sprinkled among the fall foliage and flowers, courtesy of the tall pin oak tree that dominates the front yard. A small collection makes a lovely seasonal "bouquet."

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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, seeds on 2007-09-23, 07:08:24

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I guess the best thing about being in Arizona? 

I will never need a greenhouse.  In fact, I have a fabulous orange tree in the backyard to act as a nursery/shade tree for the plants I am starting up outdoors. . . .

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Posted by Nickie Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-09-19, 06:39:50

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Well it looks like many backyard gardeners are still busy harvesting, preserving, and enjoying the fruits of their labor in the vegetable garden.

Others have begun to shut things down as they prep the garden for a brief slumber, while the more fanatical growers are merely shifting gears to match suitable crops to the changing autumn conditions. . .

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More, More, More.....

I am sorry for all the tomato posts lately but they are all ripening at once!!!!

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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-09-07, 06:34:19

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On Labor Day, our labors churned out sweet success. The bees produced some bee-autiful wildflower honey. . . .

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Posted by Robyn Dochterman Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials, harvest on 2007-09-07, 06:29:35

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In the past we have had a harvest party in early September. This year, we had it much early. We had it nearly all summer long! The harvest this year in all the gardens including the kid's gardens was tremendous. Even though it is now fading quickly, it was worth the efforts we put forth. . . .

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Posted by Katina Mooneyham Reblogged by Old Roses to children, harvest on 2007-09-06, 18:45:42

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I have been so busy getting Andy ready for school that I haven't had much time to post. I have taken a few pictures but haven't gotten around to doing much. I'm hoping that now that Andy is in school (school started yesterday) that I will have time to catch up on a few things and find a new job. I am happy to report that Andy had a great first day of second grade yesterday - and rode the school bus for the first time since PreK.


Have a lot of bell peppers in your garden? Make some stuffed bell peppers. I cut my the long way in half instead of stuffing a whole pepper since they were so huge (portion control!) and they turned out wonderful. . . .

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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, recipes on 2007-09-06, 18:38:51

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Since the remaining tomatoes were getting a touch of Botrytis, the chutney making plans were brought forward. I would have liked to have harvested a couple of kilos of the larger momotaro. However, I had to make up the first kilo with the firmer skinned iko. The mix was bulked out further with the addition. . .

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The harvest trug is full of peppers and tomatoes and the last two squash of summer, a spaghetti squash and a 'Cue Ball' squash.I love the 'Cue Ball' squash but am happy to have picked the last one this weekend. They weren't kidding when they said this is a prolific squash plant. This was the first squash I picked way back on July 1, back before we realized it really wasn't going to rain most of the summer. It is a fitting end that it also be the last one I picked for this year. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-09-05, 07:10:10

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I was asked how much my little garden produces. Here's my estimate of what I've harvested so this year. . .

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-09-04, 00:44:50

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Hard to believe this is the last week of One Local Summer. Not only has local eating sustained us this summer, posting about our meals has also sustained this blog. With a new baby in the house, I must admit my garden is so overgrown and neglected, it's far from blog-worthy. Without our local meals, this blog would have gone the way of our garden. . . .

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