This year wasn’t a particularly “great” year for eggplants but there were a few harvested just before the first predicted frost. So, I have a bag of eggplants in the fridge–what do I do with them? Last year, or maybe the year before (time gets away, doesn’t it?) I made eggplant “meat” balls with marinara [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2011
Turnips and Rutabagas
Last year, while in the produce section of the local supermarket, I purchased a rutabaga. I did a blog about how wonderful it tasted and made a note to grow them this year. In mid-July I planted three rows, each about 180 feet long. The seeds germinated, I dutifully thinned them to 5″ apart, the [...]
Really Good ‘naner puddin’
Bananas don’t grow on the farm, but a friend of mine gave me a recipe for Banana pudding that I just can’t keep to myself: 1 c. flour 1 stick butter 1 c chopped pecans Cut butter into flour to resemble coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Spread in 9×13 baking dish. Bake 350 degrees [...]
Seasonal Decorations
I’m not one who’s particularly fond of Halloween decorations these days. Sure, when “we were kids” it was fun to dress up the house, our bodies, everyone’s yard in the neighborhood….too much information… Anyway, I do like fall decorations of corn stalks, pumpkins, gourds and such, but who has time to do all that when you’re [...]
Yummy Glazed Sweet Potatoes
The farm CSA members received sweet potatoes in their shares for several weeks and several of them returned a few really good recipes for different ways to cook them. I tried this one the other night and ooh, baby! It’s a culinary delight Yummy Glazed Sweet Potatoes Preheat oven to 350 2 lbs. sweet potatoes [...]
Get to know your veggies–Turnips
Turnips have a lowly reputation as being a rotating cover crop for corn and soybeans, as well as a livestock food. Turnips are tasty! Eaten raw in a salad, roasted in the oven, added to stews–turnips also add to our important daily intake of good calories. Rather than listing all of turnip’s nutritional attributes, check [...]
Bad bugs gone “good”?
We’ve always heard the expression good guys gone bad, but bad guys gone good? In the hoophouse, tomatoes were planted in late winter. During the summer they produced and produced bunches of tasty tomatoes. In the process, the tomato hornworms found them, even inside the plastic surround of the hoophouse. There are parasitic wasps that like to [...]