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2008-10-03 11:22 am

Catch Up: Last Weekend - Putting In Winter Garden


Okay, it took me most of the day - - and this is only 1/3 of the garden, but I felt accomplished since it's better than what I was doing
....which was nothing.
My plan it to do the rest this coming weekend. 
That way I can do that thing in Austin on Saturday the 18th, and go and see Max Payne Sunday 19th without having it hang over my head.

Tilled and Prepped the rows - ready for covering

Covered, planted, and installed hoops for row covers.

and then it's MOJITO & Sergio Mendes time :-)
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2008-09-29 07:56 am
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Peanuts

* Morning walk: Diane Rehm Show: Debate over Treasury Rescue Plan.  47 minutes  316 cal 117 avg hbpm.

* I harvested my peanuts over the weekend.  Not a big crop, but it was a successful experiment.  I may have pulled them a little early, but I needed to get the garden stripped in order to install the new weed barrier etc.



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2008-07-26 11:29 pm

Saturday

* The WW Gnocchi was no good - starchy mess.  I toasted some homemade bread and had my veggies w/parmesan & pesto on top.  It was good.


* Finished harvesting the last of my onions.  Boo hoo. 



* I fried up the veggie chips, and they were excellent.  Reminded me of the shrimp chips we used to buy when I was a kid in Hawaii.  First pic is a before and after comparison.  The before is a hard chip - like a poker chip.




* This is a little canteloupe who snuck in and staked a claim in my tomato patch.  I didn't expect fruit - and I certainly didn't expect to get an edible melon out of the deal.  I ate half and the chickens got half.




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2008-07-17 02:45 pm

Amaranth

I threw down some Amaranth in the garden to see what it would do.  The chickens love the greens, and I've steamed some - they are okay to eat.  They are blooming now.  Super easy to grow and drought tolerant.  The bugs like the young leaves, but once they get a certain size the bugs leave them alone.



Closeup of blooms