by Geoff | Sep 20, 2010 | Gardening
It’s past time for planting my fall garden in Austin, and yet in my limited garden space the overgrown but still producing summer crops take up most of the four beds. Between nine foot tall okra, supposed bush beans that turned out to be super-spreading pole beans and a tomato patch that continues to tantalize me with the prospect of just a few more tomatoes, I don’t have much space left to put in greens, broccoli, collards, garlic, and other Fall delights. Crop...
by Judy | Sep 16, 2010 | Recipes
Here’s another fast food lunch from the Valdes kitchen. Did you ever get the feeling that most recipes are just recycled over and over again in various forms? I’m an avid recipe reader and sometimes they all start to look alike. Maybe one or two ingredients are changed but the basic dish is the same. This salad is no exception, it’s just tailored to things we have on hand and what’s in the garden at present. Give it a try. With different veggies,...
by Anneliese | Sep 15, 2010 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
This morning I walked around my yard and snapped a bunch of pictures for bloom day. Then I decided I didn’t really care all that much about the pictures I took. So this afternoon, Judy and I headed over to our friend Eve’s place so we could take pictures of her garden. As you can see, Eve and her husband Dave live out in the country, and I’m ever so slightly envious of their lovely spot. However, I’m not at all envious of the amount of work...
by Anneliese | Sep 7, 2010 | Gardening
It’s not really a big secret that I am not a plant geek. In fact, up until a few years ago, I never had much use for flowers. There. I said it. However, I’ve been coming around, and it would be nice to at least know what’s growing in my own yard. Posting pictures here on the blog and asking for help has yielded very successful results for me in the past (you garden blog readers are such a resourceful bunch!), so I’ve decided to do it...
by Noel | Sep 2, 2010 | Gardening
I’m going to be quite happy with my squash plantings this year. I didn’t get my seeds started until the first week of June. Since I had no beds set up for the squash, I just cleared out the overgrown weeds in my compost area and stuck the seedlings in the extremely rich soil. I talk about the June planting here, and how well the vines were doing in August, here Now the pumpkin vines are collapsing but the rest of the vines are holding up pretty...
