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  • Garden Update: Composting Adventures and Fall/Winter Planting

    Posted by aucellc on October 13, 2020

    It’s getting to be that transition time in our Santa Barbara garden plot, where the summer items are fading out and our winter garden is starting to go in.  I love that we get to …

    gardening, Update
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  • Trying the Habanada Pepper from Row 7 Seeds

    Posted by aucellc on October 5, 2020

    Readers of the blog will know that I’m a big-time fan of Row 7 Seeds, as I’ve posted about them several times in the past.  So far, I’ve tasted most of their catalogue through finding …

    Food, gardening
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  • We Grew Potatoes!

    Posted by aucellc 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
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  • Recipe: Cucumber Snow Pea Salad with Miso Sesame Dressing

    Posted by aucellc on August 3, 2020

    Over the weekend, we harvested our first cucumber and snow peas from the garden.  In addition, we harvested another jalafuego pepper off of our very productive little plant.  Of course, I was super excited about …

    Food, recipe
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  • Recipe: Roasted Bell Pepper Paste

    Posted by aucellc on July 28, 2020

    I have to be honest with you all – bell peppers are not my favorite food.  At all.  I can’t stand the way they smell, and I find the flavor totally off-putting.  However, I am …

    Food, recipe
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  • Garden Update: Happy Harvests

    Posted by aucellc 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
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  • We Grew Zucchini!

    Posted by aucellc 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
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  • We Grew Garlic!

    Posted by aucellc 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
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  • 4.21.20 Bakersfield Garden Update

    Posted by aucellc on April 21, 2020

    We’ve been doing quite a bit of work around the garden recently, spending our weekends in the Santa Barbara garden and doing some updates around the Bakersfield garden as well.  Wanted to give a quick …

    gardening, Update
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  • 3.16.19 Garden Update

    Posted by aucellc on March 17, 2020

    Spring is upon us, which means it’s time to start planting and planning for the summer.  Over the weekend, we started a bunch of our seeds, including these varieties: Tomatoes: San Marzano Dakota Sport Crimson …

    gardening, Update
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