tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.comments2009-09-27T16:04:40.928-04:00Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-49876140595752586442009-09-27T16:04:40.928-04:002009-09-27T16:04:40.928-04:00Great blog you have here! I&#39;ll drop by to see how you&#39;re doing every-so-often! thanksAJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-50704771610577232172009-09-07T09:08:03.330-04:002009-09-07T09:08:03.330-04:00Now that it&#39;s cool enough to bake I&#39;m planning a batch of stuffed peppers.mattandelizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13088817837502449605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-65213053944938974112009-09-04T13:14:20.470-04:002009-09-04T13:14:20.470-04:00Hot sauce! Alright, let&#39;s do this thing.<br /><br />Raspberry jalapeno jam sounds pretty amazing though....Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-67262903510476836572009-09-04T10:17:23.593-04:002009-09-04T10:17:23.593-04:00puree them with vinegar to make hot sauce! i volunteer to help with this experiment.Seth D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06591144833441924741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-59162592003263653862009-09-03T18:36:08.174-04:002009-09-03T18:36:08.174-04:00Oh I wish I had so many peppers as you. I had quite a decent year for them though. I&#39;ve made Raspberry Jalapeno Jam, salsa and like you, I&#39;ve frozen quite a few of them.Daphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-53117088605619355042009-09-01T14:02:05.888-04:002009-09-01T14:02:05.888-04:00Thanks for the advice! I&#39;ll keep an eye out for Golden Hops in the Spring. And it sounds like I need a take a field trip to Fairfax...Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-2666973148616774272009-08-30T14:41:27.374-04:002009-08-30T14:41:27.374-04:00It&#39;s a great time to plant both spinach and radiccio. Lettuces should be fine now too, if you get them planted fairly soonish. I think the planting dates from the UMD cooperative extension office are way better than what&#39;s on the WaPo site.<br />http://tinyurl.com/n4cx6u<br />Check out the &quot;Planting dates&quot;. They have a nice guide on there for container gardening in general too. I also recommend the book &quot;The Bountiful Container.&quot;Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-18758025557551528862009-08-30T14:21:07.943-04:002009-08-30T14:21:07.943-04:00WashPo&#39;s gardening calendar says you can plant winter crops through September. Am I too late for salad greens, spinach, etc?<br /><br />I&#39;m also thinking of planting radicchio. New to District region gardening. It&#39;s like a cabbage. How do you think it will do?Nathaniel Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10543812993290170633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-22805430527974457112009-08-28T09:33:39.843-04:002009-08-28T09:33:39.843-04:00GLad you caught the WAMU piece -- hops are the&quot;edibles&quot; subject in our Summer issue of Washington Gardener Magazine. Cindy Brown is the author of that piece and she is growing a marvelous hops arch at the kitchen garden entrance at Green Spring Garden n Fairfax, VA. My garden club friends and I have been trading Golden Hops around (Humulus lupulus &#39;Aureus&#39;) so I&#39;d safe that one is a safe bet for success here.WashingtonGardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-45692853751943682852009-08-27T14:38:59.332-04:002009-08-27T14:38:59.332-04:00Hm... Not as good. I added beans from the Youth Garden, hot peppers, onion, and tomatoes... It&#39;s yummy, very spicy, but not the same, y&#39;know? I&#39;ll try again. :-DKenneth Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-27204667756474120812009-08-27T13:22:34.256-04:002009-08-27T13:22:34.256-04:00Ooh I didn&#39;t realize there was honey in it. I tried to make a cucumber salad myself afterward, but it wasn&#39;t nearly as good. I&#39;ll have to try honey next time.<br /><br />Hope your okra turned out well!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-34929625983779982972009-08-25T16:09:36.238-04:002009-08-25T16:09:36.238-04:00It truly was a wonderful day! I can&#39;t get over the okra--I&#39;m currying it up tonight, after picking up my CSA goodies!<br /><br />Maybe I&#39;ll also make that cucumber salad--the woman said she put a bit of honey in it.Kenneth Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-29510382031662568332009-08-20T15:57:29.540-04:002009-08-20T15:57:29.540-04:00Oh, what a great idea! I love bellinis, and this is a very fun innovation.graduallygreenerhttp://graduallygreener.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-6675595805754302412009-08-10T11:44:28.835-04:002009-08-10T11:44:28.835-04:00Oh, I didn&#39;t realize I could plant cabbage now! I just finally planted some peas yesterday, but it already looked like something was digging them up overnight!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-37082877872557406222009-08-06T16:17:35.968-04:002009-08-06T16:17:35.968-04:00We&#39;re starting our fall planting, too. Peas, broccoli, arugula, small head cabbage, and it&#39;s about time to plant winter onions, too. OH...I can&#39;t believe I typed the &quot;w&quot; word. It seems as though the summer season is just too short.Lisa- The Edible Landscape Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312127594917415050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-59311313705617680612009-08-01T19:37:37.426-04:002009-08-01T19:37:37.426-04:00I freeze all my extra chilies. I&#39;ve frozen a lot of serranos this year. Those are such pretty eggplant. I hope mine starts setting fruit soon.Daphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-48206952181047245492009-07-31T13:45:08.721-04:002009-07-31T13:45:08.721-04:00Rogue pruners! That&#39;s both sad and kinda funny.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-77709295979609892952009-07-29T14:33:51.382-04:002009-07-29T14:33:51.382-04:00Huh. That is... I don&#39;t really know what that is. That&#39;s DC. I think that&#39;s the best response I can come up with.<br /><br />I am glad your plants are alright (and that they didn&#39;t steal your melon)! I have rogue pruners coming around and clipping off sunflowers, stems, and squash vines, but no one has stolen any buckets (the planters are concrete and part of the sidewalk, lucky me!).Kenneth Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-63026079336683603202009-07-27T16:15:00.730-04:002009-07-27T16:15:00.730-04:00That is a shame about your tomatoes and the spider mites--I got some from a flowering plant someone gave me. They liked the beans and snap peas, but they don&#39;t seem to care about my Cherokee, luckily, although I have been battling them on my Cheyenne Bush pumpkins. If you hose things down or mist once or twice a day, that might slow them down (high humidity interferes with their reproduction), but I broke down and neemed yesterday, too. I try to avoid it, but sometimes water just doesn&#39;t cut it!Kenneth Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-15152745017251849582009-07-21T16:37:24.040-04:002009-07-21T16:37:24.040-04:00I&#39;ll be there!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-74191149170753447782009-07-21T16:21:21.699-04:002009-07-21T16:21:21.699-04:00Love Homestead Farm and the Larriland for pick-your-own locally and in bulk. <br /><br />We (Washington Gardener Magazine) are hosting a cannng workshop (free for all) on 8/22 at 1pm at the HSW-DC. Maybe see yo there?WashingtonGardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-24202710625120751992009-07-21T15:46:02.047-04:002009-07-21T15:46:02.047-04:00Toss the old peaches to some worms! Found your post through Homegrown...*************http://www.blogger.com/profile/06223964874879043869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-46145447408076033922009-07-21T13:43:47.501-04:002009-07-21T13:43:47.501-04:00despite my best efforts, a few went bad anyway. i only wish i had some chickens to toss them out to!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266045000459366009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-89489622882709677822009-07-21T13:41:13.898-04:002009-07-21T13:41:13.898-04:00That looks delicious!! I just tossed out (to the chickens) some peaches that had quickly gone bad on me, now I&#39;m wishing I had tossed them in the freezer. Wasn&#39;t thinking quickly enough, but at least the chickens got a snack.<br />You&#39;ve made me want to go get more peaches though!! YUMMY!!Carrie and Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16992820291992742468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945538762561737748.post-51739282580094314502009-07-18T18:27:52.805-04:002009-07-18T18:27:52.805-04:00Michelle, <br />You have quite a list to work on...<br />Cheers, ~ bangchikBangchik and Kakdahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12539360678677230463noreply@blogger.com