Sweet Local Farm » garden clean up http://sweetlocalfarm.com modern day back to the land movement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:25:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Late Fall Harvest http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2010/11/02/late-fall-harvest/ http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2010/11/02/late-fall-harvest/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:53:23 +0000 Karen http://sweetlocalfarm.com/?p=1031 Continue reading →]]> As garden clean up continues, we picked all the green tomatoes, eggplants, and green peppers before the hard frost hit last night.

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Luke also harvested the jerusalem artichokes.

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We were so surprised at how big the jerusalem artichokes grew. We roasted them in olive oil last night for dinner. They taste like a cross between potato and artichoke heart. Delicious!

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]]> http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2010/11/02/late-fall-harvest/feed/ 0 Garden Clean Up http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2009/10/17/garden-clean-up/ http://sweetlocalfarm.com/2009/10/17/garden-clean-up/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:38:16 +0000 Karen http://sweetlocalfarm.com/?p=393 Continue reading →]]> After the frost hit it was very clear which plants were going to live and which plants were dead. The kale and other brassica, carrots, parsley, mint, and swiss chard all survived. The gourds, peppers, and everything else turned black so we ripped them out.

As we pulled up the vines, we found all these gourds:
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Luke in the field:
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Look at all the goods!
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Our pumpkins didn’t have a chance to turn orange:
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Well, one of them did:
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After a long day of work in the garden, we built our first fire in the fireplace:
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We were so cozy:
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