A long illness and an even longer recovery kept
me out of my vegetable gardens for all of August and most of September: the height of heirloom tomato season.
I think one of the ways that we have changed in a hundred and how many years since then is we have a better appreciation today for these amazing creatures [and] a self - interested one, not just in terms of natural services; but earthworms are a terrific way, as any composter can tell you, and here it is August and lot of us are composting to help digest peels and tops and things like that from
out of your vegetable garden and put [it back out], add some more earth to the top of the soil.
You can keep most dogs
out of the vegetable garden with a simple wire mesh fence strung on steel posts.
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But, they can also be very destructive and need to be kept
out of the vegetable garden once planted.
Not exact matches
I planted eggplant for the first time in my
garden this year, determined to figure
out a way to eat one
of the few
vegetables I didn't like.
I live in the city so a
vegetable garden is right now
out of the realm
of possibilities.
«Within fourteen days
of their arrival,» wrote Renata Coetzee in The South African Culinary Tradition, «these early settlers had laid
out a
vegetable garden.»
The Victory
Garden Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Victory-
Garden-Cookbook-Marian-Morash/dp/039470780X) is
out of print, but has sections on most
vegetables and I refer it it often when I need ideas.
Though there are a couple
of months to wait before the
garden is overflowing with
vegetables again, along with the few swiss chard and spinach leaves I was excited to discover a load
of rhubarb wrestling its way
out of the «forcing pot» in search
of sunlight.
The
vegetables that I keep in the house tend to be those that call
out to me from the farmer's market, my
garden, or the shelves
of the health food store.
I love going going
out to the
garden or farmer's market and coming back with a basket full
of fresh summer
vegetables for dinner.
Some
of my earliest memories involve helping my mother roll
out homemade pasta and forage for
vegetables from our
garden.
I was deciding what recipe I would share with you all here when I realized I had cleared
out almost all
of my
vegetable garden, save for two slowly yellowing eggplant stalks and some greens.
They still surprise us by what raw
vegetables they're willing to eat when harvested by their own hands, straight
out of the
garden.
«And,
of course, pulling «hidden» root
vegetables out of the ground that the children have planted in their own school
gardens has helped to create new relationships between the kids and these foods.»
You might consider putting your child in charge
of cleaning
out the pantry, organizing the garage, or planning a new
vegetable garden.
We also have a small organic
vegetable garden this year that «Uncle Doug» is helping
out with (seen below with a bottle
of FUZE Ice Tea — as usual!).
Southerners, long noted for their extensive
gardens and consumption
of fruits and
vegetables, commonly cooked their
vegetables for a long time in water, a practice that tended to leach
out vitamins.
Warm soup and bread is a staple this time
of year, something pulled
out after the summer months where we pretend they don't exist, instead favoring sautéed
vegetables, anything grilled, and a rainbow
of color from the market and the backyard
garden.
I will say that I do love having fresh home - grown
vegetables out of the
garden.
Plus, one
of the biggest advantages
of visiting your parents at the countryside: eating fresh fruits and
vegetables out of your
garden.
Eat
out of my organic
vegetable garden...
They take the
vegetables from Mr. McGregor who tries desperately to get them
out of their
garden by using explosives and even an electric fence.
Eventually, the kitchen was pushed
out to the
vegetable garden to make way for the larger cooking pots and the growing number
of portable dining tables that hung on pegs along the mortared stone wall.
Look
out for unexpected windfalls
of produce from the earth such as baskets
of fruit or
vegetables given to you unexpectedly, nature handcrafts, or a bunch
of flowers picked from a beloved
garden.
The more
vegetables you take
out of the
garden each month, the greater the chance you have
of pulling a weed next time.
I really think the president should follow Michael Pollan's advice and create a «victory
vegetable garden»
out of the White House lawn.
When you live in a small space, it's important to have lots
of time outdoors, so here there's a
vegetable garden (their solar panels are placed here — the home is 80 percent solar - powered), exterior deck, and a 160 - square - foot screened structure that provides shelter while still being outdoors, perfect for entertaining or a pleasant cook -
out.
They provides clear and easy to follow advice on how to grow shrubs, plants and
vegetables to help you get the best
out of your
garden.
If you have time after you've explored the 250 acres
of mature woodland and parkland, walled
garden, stone fountain, greenhouse, pergola, herb and
vegetable gardens, orchard, ornamental lake and summerhouse, make sure you check
out the stunning interior, packed full
of original features.
I love how my kitchen smells after I've been to the Farmer's Market or harvested some fresh summer
vegetables out of our little
garden that we started this year.
A small patio area in the shape
of a ring looks
out to a
vegetable patch and sizeable
garden with a pond.