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Scenes from the Garden. And ARTICHOKES!

My mom called yesterday to tell me I needed to go harvest some artichokes.  I hadn’t been to the garden in a couple weeks, so the kids and I headed over.  Coach Bob was standing guard, and everything looked beautiful in the cloudy sunset. We harvested four artichokes that are destined to drown in garlic butter tonight. I snapped a shot of the pathway through the farm as we were…

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Thanksgiving and Fun on the Farm

How was your Thanksgiving?  Did you eat too much turkey?  I definitely ate too many brussels sprouts, but I just couldn’t help myself.  Our family had a nice quiet day with my parents.  My dad cooked a ginormous turkey that we are still eating.  He also made pumpkin risotto (oh my goodness) and cranberry ice.  My mom made a delicious carrot souffle, and I scrapped my plans of roasting brussels…

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Saturday in the Garden

We had planned to meet my parents at our new Agritopia Community Garden plot bright and early Saturday morning to plant the shipment of heirloom seeds that arrived earlier in the week.  The bright and early part of the plan went out the window when we had to keep the kids up extra late on Friday night. Thanks to my ever-increasing scatterbrain tendencies, I booked our babysitter for the wrong…

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Saturday in the garden

We spent this morning setting up our new plot at the Agritopia Community Garden.  My parents were on the waiting list for over a year, and we are finally in!  We get a 20′ x 20′ plot and plan to plant and harvest all year round.  Today we got the irrigation system set up, planted a lemon tree in the middle, and planted some beans and peas. Take a look!

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Our first Juliet

Remember the pretty plants I got from the farmer’s market last month?  Well, they are growing nicely, and we were able to harvest our first Juliet tomato yesterday. Juliets are like grape tomatoes, small, long and deliciously sweet.  They grown in clusters, but this one was all alone because of eager little hands that picked the first two when they were still green. Joe got the first taste.  “Mom, that’s…

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Fun at the farmer’s market

gilbert farmers market

We finally made it over to the Gilbert Farmer’s Market yesterday morning.  It was a perfect day to check out the local food scene and chat with farmers and artisans. We made a quick loop around to see who was there.  We saw everything from organic produce and fresh eggs to handmade pasta and artisan salts.  There were a few tables of gorgeous breads that I unfortunately had to steer…

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An Unwelcomed Visitor

I have been wondering why I haven’t seen any tomatillos yet in our garden. I think I found the reason yesterday.  This guy was huge!  And happily munching away on tomatillo buds.  He had a super-strong grip, but I got him off my dad got him off the plant.  If you look close, you can see the “thorn” on the back of him (look on the left side of the…

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