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 …
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We Grew Potatoes!
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Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Chickpeas and Feta
This recipe is the perfect meal-prep solution to tackle a beautiful pile of summer eggplant. I cooked this up on Monday evening for dinner, and I have been enjoying the leftovers for lunches in various …
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Recipe: Simple Summer Tomato Sauce
I’ve been making this recipe since I first learned how to cook. It’s so simple, but the final flavors are perfect. Today I made this sauce with our first harvest of San Marzano tomatoes from …
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Recipe: Cucumber Snow Pea Salad with Miso Sesame Dressing
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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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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Recipe: Pickled Peck of Peppers
My jalapeno plant (or, as we affectionately refer to it as, my jalapeno bush) has been quietly cranking out another large round of peppers throughout the winter. Surviving the winter nights, it’s been working away …
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Citrus Haul 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, …
Claire Aucella 