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Preserving the Harvest: July 2009

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Tuesday, July 14, 2009. About now, mid-July here in southern New England, comes time to harvest the garlic. When the outer leaves have turned brown and withered, leaving SIX green leaves, it is time to pull them up. Loosen the earth gently with a pitchfork if your soil is not totally fluffy. Then lay your garlic out on the lawn and spray with the garden hose to clean the soil from the roots. Links to this post. A veget...

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Preserving the Harvest: February 2012

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Saturday, February 4, 2012. This is a basic pie crust demonstration, to make a double crust pie or two single crust pies or tarts (8 - 10.") The recipe is adapted from Martha Stuart's classic. For this demonstration I'm making an herbed crust for savory tarts. For a dessert pie, leave out the herbs, and add 1 teaspoon sugar if you wish. 2 1/2 cups unbleached white flour. 1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water. When dough is chilled,...

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Preserving the Harvest: November 2011

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Saturday, November 12, 2011. A great way to use up crusts and other bits and pieces at the end of the bread bag.just store them in the freezer until you have enough to make this pudding! 4 cups diced somewhat stale bread. 3 medium eggs, separated. 1 tablespoon lemon juice. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. 1 teaspoon lemon zest. 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom. Place the bread cubes in a large mixing bowl. Links to this post.

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Preserving the Harvest: Pole Beans

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Friday, July 25, 2014. Here you see four nice sturdy tepees for the beans to climb. Having your beans up in the air on poles makes them easier to harvest and keeps them cleaner: there is no chance of garden soil splashing up on them. When choosing your seeds, read the labels or seed catalog to be sure you have a climbing variety. (To the left in the photo you can see the other type, called "bush beans.").

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Preserving the Harvest: Pie Crust

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Saturday, February 4, 2012. This is a basic pie crust demonstration, to make a double crust pie or two single crust pies or tarts (8 - 10.") The recipe is adapted from Martha Stuart's classic. For this demonstration I'm making an herbed crust for savory tarts. For a dessert pie, leave out the herbs, and add 1 teaspoon sugar if you wish. 2 1/2 cups unbleached white flour. 1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water. When dough is chilled,...

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Preserving the Harvest: July 2014

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Friday, July 25, 2014. Here you see four nice sturdy tepees for the beans to climb. Having your beans up in the air on poles makes them easier to harvest and keeps them cleaner: there is no chance of garden soil splashing up on them. When choosing your seeds, read the labels or seed catalog to be sure you have a climbing variety. (To the left in the photo you can see the other type, called "bush beans.").

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Preserving the Harvest: October 2011

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Friday, October 28, 2011. Healthful cookies to have on hand for Halloween! 2 eggs, lightly beaten. 7/8 cup canola oil. 2 cups whole wheat flour. 2 cups unbleached white flour. 4 teaspoons baking soda. 1 teaspoon ground cloves. 1 cup chopped walnuts. 1 cup date pieces. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two cookie sheets. Use wire whisk to beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add to sugar mixture and mix well. Next, ...

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Preserving the Harvest: September 2011

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Monday, September 26, 2011. A Lighter Zucchini Bread. Zucchini Bread is always a popular way to deal with the extra zucchini we sometimes have at this time of year. Or maybe there's that zucchini that we failed to harvest on time and is now approaching the size of a toy (or real! I've been able to create a really light zucchini bread! If you are starting out collecting kitchen utensils, I'd recommend shopping your loca...

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Preserving the Harvest: December 2011

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Organic growing, cooking from scratch, putting food by, walking lightly on the planet. Thursday, December 29, 2011. While researching ways to make sauerkraut, I came across a compelling book by Sandor Katz. In his book. He espouses the health benefits of fermented foods. He claims that the beneficial bacteria in these "ferments," as he calls them, are highly beneficial for our digestion and for the absorption of vital nutrients from our food. I encourage you to read his book. Use a box grater to grate th...