tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post1169807433711806164..comments2024-03-19T00:54:49.043-05:00Comments on In My Kitchen Garden: Garden Journal 8/14/09: Relaxing Retro Style in the Garden and Cooking It Up in the KitchenFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-83591485216115554192009-08-18T08:39:27.736-05:002009-08-18T08:39:27.736-05:00I've been looking for a way to use some of my ...I've been looking for a way to use some of my garden bounty (I have lots of red tomatos already, basil growing everywhere & I just harvested the garlic!)<br />I made a pesto pie last night and yum!!!!!<br />It tasted so garden fresh. My family loved it. Thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-73256673377745177132009-08-17T08:15:45.665-05:002009-08-17T08:15:45.665-05:00A local farm out my way sells Lemon-Basil Pesto an...A local farm out my way sells Lemon-Basil Pesto and it is the best stuff on earth! (We do lots of pesto & tomato pizzas, or goat cheese topped with caramelized onions and pesto chicken). I purchased some Lemon- Basil seeds and am hoping to make some myself next year, maybe I will have to try the purple stuff as well!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457953816169352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-7491828961180973292009-08-16T15:09:55.861-05:002009-08-16T15:09:55.861-05:00Love your chair! My great-grandmother always had ...Love your chair! My great-grandmother always had these on her front porch. Hers were green & white. My mom has replicas now. I also have 4 red ones on my front porch from Plow & Hearth. Now they have a 2 person glider that I am eyeing. As far as garden produce goes, we have had success out of our one raised bed. Last night at supper, we ate potatoes, carrots, and strawberries from our own yard! I love that! Also, I always enjoy the extra captions under your photos. They are always entertaining!Tammihttp://www.pictureperfectcooking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-51357446390025517242009-08-16T08:02:00.580-05:002009-08-16T08:02:00.580-05:00I've just found your blog and I love it! Your...I've just found your blog and I love it! Your chair's not bad either!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-39739804685921303672009-08-16T07:47:28.249-05:002009-08-16T07:47:28.249-05:00I love your posts. They make me feel so good! I es...I love your posts. They make me feel so good! I especially love the daily dose of Cute.<br />I made bay vinegar for the first time. It is most delicious with bits of orange rind. Made basil pesto with the last of my basil. Here in Texas we are in a severe drought so the other veggies are fried.Mary T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18033257202752874853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-86520326919715219522009-08-15T21:45:56.516-05:002009-08-15T21:45:56.516-05:00Well this weekend is a break from preserving thing...Well this weekend is a break from preserving things, but last weekend was filled with peaches by the bushel (litterally). Now I have tons of frozed peaches and a batch of dried peaches and a few nectarines.<br /><br />The house still smells like peaches. I had sinus surgery last week and I can STILL smell the darn things. I should do something about those things and make some jam or jelly...Castalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407553953656489236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-21270567525623462542009-08-15T21:25:18.428-05:002009-08-15T21:25:18.428-05:00That chair will be great as long as it's not i...That chair will be great as long as it's not in the sun!<br /> Brussels sprouts...we grew them from seed one year, and the quail kept nibbling at them, so that the sprouts, when they formed, were the size of pin heads!! <br /> Thanks for a summery post--I don't feel so bad about my slow tomato harvest now.GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-57614320229941116132009-08-15T20:21:48.191-05:002009-08-15T20:21:48.191-05:00Aha! Figured out how to post a comment.
Made a pi...Aha! Figured out how to post a comment.<br /><br />Made a pizza. Used your crust recipe. Used your sauce recipe, chunky style, with yellow tomatoes, red tomatoes, greek oregano (all that I grew) and garlic. The sauce is good enough to eat all on it's own! Cheddar cheese with onion and olive topping.<br /><br />I could use the "onion growing for dummies" book (throw garlic in there, too). I discovered an onion in a pot. It was actually several, as it resembled elephant garlic. I broke it apart and planted them, then it got HOT here in the Pacific NW. Will those onions sprout when conditions are right? Or will they decay? I don't want to dig them up, for fear of damaging a developing root system.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your garden and kitchen with us. Yum! YUm! YUM!Katheenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-47559909475740965602009-08-15T13:42:13.514-05:002009-08-15T13:42:13.514-05:00I've got tons of tomatoes from the garden late...I've got tons of tomatoes from the garden lately, so i've been making yellow and red spaghetti sauces and ketchup. Theres also been quite a few cucumbers that I've been pickling. Oh I almost forgot about the green beans.I was thinking about trying a batch of dilly beans. I've been freezing what peppers I have left from the trip into the house from the garden. (not many of them make it!) Its nice to get something back from all the hard work in the springTiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407516462570665682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-90985473729867358142009-08-15T10:21:42.287-05:002009-08-15T10:21:42.287-05:00fair warning, make sure the chickens are no where ...fair warning, make sure the chickens are no where near the brussels sprouts! I know chickens like anything young and green, but they REALLY like brussels spouts plants!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02505566908532954365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-82850431149964501812009-08-15T09:20:56.279-05:002009-08-15T09:20:56.279-05:00Gazpacho with the most lucious multi colored local...Gazpacho with the most lucious multi colored local heirloom tomatoes, cukes, sweet onion, red peppers and garlic; 3 quarts of heaven. Definitely my idea of summer! Thanks for asking :)Carynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-7802472857733438922009-08-15T08:23:15.619-05:002009-08-15T08:23:15.619-05:00I'm up to my ears in okra from only six plants...I'm up to my ears in okra from only six plants! Luckily, I love okra and tomatoes, and I eat a fresh pot nearly every day (I'm not one to share, either ;)<br />From the farmer's market here in Central Arkansas, I'm getting purple hull peas and fresh corn, and I've got two of the most beautiful eggplants that I'm trying to figure out the perfect recipe for. I'm rather thinking eggplant risotto??? <br />Good luck with all your kitchen projects! It seems that I've been in the kitchen non-stop, and I just have a tiny, backyard, suburban garden.Leigh Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-32701021517168650572009-08-14T20:50:41.027-05:002009-08-14T20:50:41.027-05:00After 35 years of gardening, I have discovered okr...After 35 years of gardening, I have discovered okra. We have been eating it regularly as clockwork every other day, both fried and in gumbo. Yum! I'll be canning tomatoes I imagine and some pickled sweet banana <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/68499916@N00/3779154359/" rel="nofollow">peppers</a>, another discovery this year. I've frozen them, but never pickled them before. We have had a super-abundance due to all the rain you mentioned.<br /><br />It was a great year for onions too. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/68499916@N00/3766478061" rel="nofollow">These</a> were grown from sets here in northern Arkansas.<br /><br />I love it when you post. I'm dieing to try those blueberry breakfast bars. They look wonderful.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007683717926269963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-33457609612344656872009-08-14T19:26:42.621-05:002009-08-14T19:26:42.621-05:00Lovely Chair! Good luck with the thyme plants. The...Lovely Chair! Good luck with the thyme plants. They're fairly tough; they'll probably make it.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.com