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 …
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Recipe: Cucumber Snow Pea Salad with Miso Sesame Dressing
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Recipe: Roasted Bell Pepper Paste
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 …
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Garden Update: Happy Harvests
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 …
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We Grew Zucchini!
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 …
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We Grew Garlic!
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 …
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4.21.20 Bakersfield Garden Update
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 …
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3.16.19 Garden Update
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 …
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Recipe: Garlicky Chard with Tomatoes
We harvested a big, beautiful bouquet of chard leaves from the garden last weekend, along with a handful of tomatoes from my Early Girl plant. I turned this early spring harvest into a delightful lunch, …
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2.19.20 Garden Update
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 …
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1.22.20 Garden Update
We did some good work in the garden this weekend, and I wanted to share a quick update on our winter gardening adventures! I’m going to include both a Bakersfield and Santa Barbara update, so …
