I had mentioned before that my front yard garden hadn’t been doing well. But I was surprised by some seeds that germinated late and grew like mad during our hot weather. I now have some love likes bleeding amaranth in flower and a few okra that will follow shortly. You can tell by the [...]
Archive for the ‘Squash’ Category
30 Jul
Around the Urban Homestead
Today I worked on getting the rest of my fall crops in. Added carrots and kale. Also reseeded the holes in the broccoli and cauliflower that’s been hanging around since spring. The purple podded poles are actually my best producers this year. I like them, but I’m passing the rest of my seeds on to [...]
29 Aug
Around the Urban Homestead
This week I cleared out most of the squash and cucumber bed to make way for a fall garden. I brought in 31 pounds from the spaghetti squash plants I had. I left 2 of the zucchini and 2 crookneck squash plants out there, as they’ve recovered from the awful case of powdery mildew that [...]
1 Feb
cream of winter squash soup
One of my net.friends shared this delicious squash recipe. It was good timing too because I’d had an acorn squash sitting on my counter for an embarrassingly long time because I was afraid to try it…lol. The soup turned out great. I just added a bit of garlic salt to even out the taste, but [...]
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