Yesterday’s harvest included some small beet roots, as the beets needed thinning. I was planning to cook a summer borschtsch but realized I’m still lacking some ingredients. I retreated to my regular solution for left-over fruits and veggie; smoothie. Smoothies are my life-saver on busy mornings. Post-Corona, I am back to the stressful big city […]
Category: crop
Dear Diary 29.08.2020
Took out all the potatoes and put into storage. Removed one of the pumpkin plants and collected the last four pumpkins Took out most of the remaining carrots Peas, salads, turnip (Mairübe) are growing nicely and starting to show crops. Tomatoes passed their prime Covered areas in-between new plants with mangold leaves Surprisingly new mustard […]
Zucchini by the ton, what to do?
Just read a tweet of someone who announced; if you are a beginner at gardening, you should know that one zucchini plant will supply enough crop for a mid-sized city. So true. We were lucky to harvest zucchini after zucchini after zucchini. We gave away some, we pickled some, we filled some with meet, we […]