Harvest Newsletter

Greetings from the Garden!  This CSA box has tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, peppers, eggplant, onions, garlic, carrots or beets, greens, beans, and basil.           Field Notes.  Ken has been pulling crops as they become less productive so he can make room for later crops.  He got beds ready for fall greens, and will transplant in the next few days.  He likes to let the beds rest and then rake any weeds …

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Ripe Pepper Jam

It is a great pepper year here! After Ken had started the pepper seed, we had an opportunity to participate in a U W Madison seed trial program, and there were some great peppers in the trials – in addition to our usual excellent varieties.  I froze a couple batches of chopped peppers for later use.  Then Ken requested I make a red pepper jam.  So I checked the internet and found two very similar …

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Preparing Beds for Fall

Ken is constantly planting from February through November.  This week he pulled out the determinate tomatoes in the garden and some summer squash  plants.       Then he started mulching and preparing the beds for fall crops –         Then Ken ran the wheel hoe through the beds           and added compost           Finally Ken spread out the compost, and now he will …

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