Category Archives: Garden harvest

Jerusalem artichokes.. a Early season delight

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Spring food is hard to come by, sunchokes aka Jerusalem artichokes can help fill that early spring gap.. Clearly I need to add in new kinds that produce more, this kind that I got in a free plant swap, produce … Continue reading →

Posted in food, Food Forest, Garden harvest | Tagged early spring harvests, Jerusalem artichokes, spring eating, sunchokes | 4 Comments

Mustard Seeds..

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Just another day on the farm

Ah, my crop of Mustard plants did great this year, fresh itty bitty spicy mustard greens for salads, then strong hot ones for cooked greens, or add in to soups, stews or stirfries.. Then came the flowers, we had problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal, Garden harvest, gardening | Tagged Growing Mustard for seed, Harvesting Mustard Seeds, Harvesting Mustard Seeds for future use for green cover crops, Harvesting Mustard seeds for micro greens | 4 Comments

Growing in Straw- Spud report for 2014

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Just another day on the farm

Growing in Straw potato`s this year.. All new spuds kinds to us.. As you know.. Lots of rain this year.. ROW 1: “ALASKAN (?)” – White w/ red skin The row produced 63 lbs, with a reasonable size range. Shape … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes, Garden harvest | Tagged Growing in Straw Potato`s | 14 Comments

Apple Season has arrived.. the first bushel was picked this weekend..

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Just another day on the farm

A bushel of apples was u-picked at my very close apple orchard, its mear minutes from the farm, there are two within ten min but this one is the closest and has many more kinds, 21 in total, plus plums, … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Canning, Food Storage, Garden harvest | Tagged hundred mile diet, local food, u pick apples | 2 Comments

ButterCup Squash.. hmmm.. not happy with its storage powers..

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

The squash were picked when ready, no touch of frost, they were cured carefully and properly and most of the different kinds are settled in and will be good for months and in some cases till next spring with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, Garden harvest | Tagged Bad winter squash keepers, Buttercup squash | 11 Comments

A photo a day..fall plums are starting..

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

It would appear that we could? get a couple five gallon buckets worth in our patch

Posted in Garden harvest | Tagged wild plums | 1 Comment

A Photo a Day- Grapevine bounty!

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Now I know that my grape don’t look near as pretty as the ones you buy in the store but o my the taste is amazing! and as they are grown truly organic, the grass around them is grazed by … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Garden harvest | Tagged 0 mile grape, Growing Grapes, making homemade grape juice, organic grapes | 5 Comments

Fall Harvest are coming in.. Garden ..

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

The Cape Gooseberries, (Miss Molly) are huge, each plant is at least 3 feet plus tall and 3 feet plus wide, even though we were smart enough to place them in wire cages, they are still outgrown and flopping, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden harvest | Tagged Aunt Molly Ground Cherries, Digging Spuds, fall fruit, Fall garden harvest, Fall Rasberries, green peppers, raddish pods, Raddish seeds | 12 Comments

Sept challange- Not short of Squash :)

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Be it summer squash, cucumbers or Winter Squash or pie pumpkins, my hay bale, rollout, hill, dryland planting Squash bed has outdone itself.. without a single doubt in my mind, it was the rock star of my garden this year.. … Continue reading →