Monthly Archives: August 2013

Okra, Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes, & Blackberries

Posted on Friday 30 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

It’s been rainy the past few days, so we hadn’t picked vegetables for a while.  I’ve read that it’s easier to spread diseases among the plants when their leaves are wet, so I don’t like to work in the garden in wet … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit, harvest | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Blackberry Jam

Posted on Thursday 29 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

When you have more blackberries than you can possibly eat, you make jam.  My wife made these six one-cup sized (8 oz. or 237 ml) jars of blackberry jam on Tuesday (August 27th), starting from about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb.) of … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit, harvest, recipe | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Tomatoes

Posted on Wednesday 28 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

We’ve been harvesting a lot of tomatoes in the past several weeks.  We aren’t getting as many now as before, but we have a nice stockpile.  Tomatoes keep well, probably because of their acidic nature, so we can store them … Continue reading →

Posted in harvest | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

I’ve been nominated for a Liebster award!

Posted on Tuesday 27 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

The Novice Gardener nominated me for a Liebster award.  The rules are: 1. Thank the person that nominated you and link back up to their blog. 2. Answer the 10 questions which are given to you by the nominator. 3. … Continue reading →

Posted in blog award | Tagged | 1 Comment

Peach Daiquiri

Posted on Tuesday 27 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

What to do with all those peaches we harvested?  We’ve already made pie, had them on breakfast cereal and ice cream, and eaten them as snacks.  Here’s the recipe I use for frozen peach daiquiris. 2 medium or 3 small … Continue reading →

Posted in harvest | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Mantis

Posted on Monday 26 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

We found a mantis egg case in April, and now we’ve found an adult (or near full grown) mantis.  I know that these insects are very small when they hatch, but I never notice them until late summer, after they … Continue reading →

Posted in flower, growing, insect | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes, & Blackberries

Posted on Thursday 22 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

I think I’m going to call these the “Big Four” for August.  If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll probably have noticed that pole beans, peppers, tomatoes, and blackberries feature pretty heavily this month.  The background photo for the blog … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit, harvest | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Cabbage Seedlings

Posted on Wednesday 21 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

The cabbage family seeds that we planted on Friday, August 16th are coming up.  This is brisk green pak choi in the photo, but the purple pak choi, cherry belle radishes, starbor kale, and snow queen cauliflower are all sprouting … Continue reading →

Posted in growing | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Onions & a Carrot

Posted on Sunday 18 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

We planted onions and carrots on April 7th.  We planted yellow onion bulbs three inches (75 mm) deep and a half inch (12 mm) apart so we could harvest them as scallions.  We didn’t use all of them, however, and the remaining … Continue reading →

Posted in harvest | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Weekend Harvest 03

Posted on Sunday 18 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

Another weekend, another harvest.  My daughter has been picking blackberries and tomatoes nearly every day, so we didn’t have so many of those to pick today.  We only pick peppers as we use them, or if they get red, so … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit, harvest | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments