It’s been a couple of weeks since we recorded the video for this, and since then, the beans have expired and we have begun harvesting the beets, turnips, and some greens. This was a weird year for many people and our summer garden was a little blah, as well. But our fall garden looks great so far!
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We spend winter looking forward to warmer days, dreaming of a garden that reflects the beauty in the seed catalogs we pour through. Even while it’s still cold out, the much-awaited time comes for spring planting.
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When I saw the Christmas pole lima bean in Baker Creek’s catalog, it reminded me of the beautiful, marbled limas my amazing grandma grew. Since our oldest loves lima beans, it was definitely worth a try. Next, we needed a pole bean trellis.
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We have reduced the varieties of vegetables we’re growing by about 40. But we still have 60-70 varieties we’re growing this year. I’ll share with you today how we buy and organize our seeds.
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You might say sweet potatoes are glorious! And that would be fitting for this relative of the morning glory. They are another way God provides a delicious, nutritious vegetable that can be stored fresh for months. Let’s see how we did with our sweet potato harvest.
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We live in zone 5b/6a. We’ve already had temperatures below 20°F and snow. But that didn’t keep us from having fresh vegetables from the garden. Find out what’s in our winter harvest.
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Raw winter squashes are beautiful, yummy and great nutrition on cold days. But they are hard and difficult to cut. Cutting, peeling, cubing… forget that! Frankly, if I’m going to be cooking all my meals at home, I prefer to find the easy way to do most things. Plus it’s fall and you need to be able to make healthy versions of all the pumpkin spice things without too much effort. So today, I offer the absolute easiest way to roast winter squash and the simplest squash casserole. Easy enough for a weeknight.
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The summer is still hot, but we’re already looking toward fall. Join us for a tour of our summer garden. Some of the plants in our garden have been harvested completely, some are finishing up and looking a little sad in the summer heat and unusually dry weather, but we still have some we’re very much looking forward to harvesting. Find out what we planted for the first time this year, what did well for us, what didn’t quite work as planned. In addition, what will be in our fall garden.
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