Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Cilantro Goes to Seed

When it comes to spices, cilantro just might be my favorite. The leaves turn just about anything into a feast. You can even freeze them for (almost) never-ending goodness.


And when the plant bolts and goes to seed in the baking heat of a Colorado summer, coriander.


Well, it's not very much. And it was definitely a pain! Supposedly, let it hang with a bag around it long enough and the seeds fall off, saving you the work. Supposedly. Apparently 1.5 months isn't long enough! I think it would have been worth it, buying seed at the store. But hey, free is free!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Green Tomato Salsa

What to do with green tomatoes...

A colorful beginning...

...stewing...

...green tomato relish.

The verdict: Pretty tasty! I used the recommended half cup of vinegar in this. What to use it for? Farmgirl Susan had some great suggestions - first try is turkey burritos. Mmmmmm...

Update 11/10: Turkey burritos were DELICIOUS!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

The End of the Garden

A few favorites, never posted:
In the beginning... Miss Michaela plays in the dirt. Gardening is FUN!

In full bloom

Red beets

Someone's scarecrow

Squash blossom

Sunflower

Baby carrot - this was actually one of the larger ones!

Last harvest

Turning soil for next year

The end.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Tomatoes & Plantlings

I learned a thing or two about starting seeds this year. If you start more seeds than you want plants, you will have LOTS of extra seeds. Sound obvious? Probably should be! Somehow I thought a few of them wouldn't survive.... :) But they did. After giving away about two dozen plants, I still have quite a few left - cherry, yellow and purple heirloom. I inherited three more larger tomato plants, as well as permission from the landlord to plant, so started a small tomato garden. 
I also found a great hanging planter tutorial and decided to give it a try. So far, I have only 2 2L bottles (since we don't really drink soda much!), so will need to find another to get my yellow tomato plant planted, but did the cherry yesterday and the purple today.

The cherry tomato plant is already flipping its little leaves over to get the sun! Currently these guys live under the porch on the north facing side of the house - we'll see if they get enough sun there or if I have to buy a shepherd's hook to put them somewhere better suited to growing :)

Three more of my tomatoes, along with tomatillos and habaneros, have a new home in our plot in the community garden, which is coming along well!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Babies

Little plants - to the garden soon!

Friday, May 21, 2010

El Jardín

Our garden is ready for business!
Seeds to follow...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Spring Planting

I'm starting a plot at the Golden Community Garden with a friend, just as soon as we can transform it into something other than a clay slab. I finally got impatient (I think I should have done so earlier!) and decided to start some seeds to plant in the near future. Here are the results, for now!
Newspaper, a spice container and a bit of masking tape make great seed-starting pots for the frugal :)