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  • Category: Harvests

  • Super Easy Preservation Method: Freezing Cherry Tomatoes for the Future

    Posted by Claire Aucella on September 15, 2022

    If you’re an avid gardener like me, you may find yourself in a similar situation as I do this time of year – we grew way too many tomatoes, and I’m tired of making sauce.  …

    Food, gardening, Harvests, recipe
    0 0 comments on “Super Easy Preservation Method: Freezing Cherry Tomatoes for the Future”
  • We Grew Potatoes!

    Posted by Claire Aucella on October 1, 2020

    Now that summer is fading nicely into fall, I decided to post a garden update about our potato growing adventure this past season!  This was the first time we have grown potatoes in our garden …

    gardening, Harvests
    2 2 comments on “We Grew Potatoes!”
  • Garden Update: Happy Harvests

    Posted by Claire Aucella on July 16, 2020

    It’s the middle of summer, and both of our gardens are rolling at full speed!  I wanted to jump on here and post an update of our harvests so far, both in Bakersfield and Santa …

    gardening, Harvests
    1 One comment on “Garden Update: Happy Harvests”
  • We Grew Zucchini!

    Posted by Claire Aucella on May 28, 2020

    And we have so much more to come, friends! We planted our zucchini plants back in mid-April into our first freshly re-wired bed.  Our plants have truly taken off since then, and have produced their …

    gardening, Harvests, Update
    7 7 comments on “We Grew Zucchini!”
  • We Grew Garlic!

    Posted by Claire Aucella on May 4, 2020

    Back in November, we put in a bed of garlic to grow over winter.  Neither of us have ever grown garlic before (as adults – my Dad planted some a few times when I was …

    gardening, Harvests
    1 One comment on “We Grew Garlic!”
  • 2.19.20 Garden Update

    Posted by Claire Aucella on February 20, 2020

    We had a happy little harvest from Bakersfield this weekend, including most of my peas from my two little plants, two banana peppers, and another handful of tomatoes.  Pictures of the Bakersfield harvest and garden …

    gardening, Harvests
    0 0 comments on “2.19.20 Garden Update”
  • We Grew Lettuce!

    Posted by Claire Aucella on January 5, 2020

    For our Santa Barbara winter garden (yes, that’s a thing here), we decided to plant a bed of lettuces.  They really took off and grew super well, and were relatively problem free to grow as …

    gardening, Harvests
    2 2 comments on “We Grew Lettuce!”
  • Citrus Haul 2019!

    Posted by Claire Aucella on November 16, 2019

    I just wanted to jump on to show off my citrus harvest for this year! I’m super proud of my little trees for producing their biggest amount of fruit yet!  We harvested 15 Meyer lemons, …

    gardening, Harvests
    0 0 comments on “Citrus Haul 2019!”
  • My Lemons are Ripening!

    Posted by Claire Aucella on November 7, 2019

    Citrus season is one of the reasons why I love winter in California so much.  The first mandarins appeared at the market last weekend, and the oranges on the citrus groves that surround Bakersfield are …

    gardening, Harvests
    0 0 comments on “My Lemons are Ripening!”
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