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Zucchini fritters are exactly what you need to make when the summer squash shows no sign of stopping. This recipe uses a full pound and a half of squash which will put a good dent in the green and yellow pile on the kitchen counter. The fritters freeze well so double or triple the recipe and make your kitchen a zucchini free zone, at least for a day or two!<br />
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Jalapeno and Cheddar Zucchini Fritters</h2>
(Adapted from a <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/zucchini-fritters-2">Bon Appetit</a> recipe)<br />
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11/2 lbs zucchini and yellow squash, grated<br />
1/2 tsp. salt<br />
1 egg<br />
1/4 cup flour<br />
1 tbsp. cornstarch<br />
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated<br />
2 jalapeno peppers, minced. Remove seeds to reduce the heat.<br />
Salt to taste<br />
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Place the squash in a sieve over a bowl and mix in the salt. Leave to drain for 15 minutes. Gently squeeze as much of the remaining liquid out of the squash as you can.<br />
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Put in a large bowl with all the other ingredients and combine well.<br />
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Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the mixture to the pan in large spoonfuls. Don't crowd the pan. Let the fritters brown which should take 2-3 minutes, then turn and cook for another couple of minutes. place on a towel to drain. Repeat until all the mixture is used.<br />
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Serve immediately with salsa, guacamole or sour cream.<br />
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Serves 2-3 as a main dish.<br />
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<b>Looking for more recipes to use up the zucchini tsunami? Read my post on <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/08/15-ways-with-zucchini-or-how-im.html">15 Ways with Zucchini</a>. </b><br />
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The cheapest way to add to the plants in your garden is to help your existing plants reproduce. You can do this by saving the seeds as they mature on your plants or by propagating - taking cuttings and rooting them. Strawberry plants are one of the easiest plants to propagate because many varieties send out runners that produce baby plants. All you have to do is help these babies produce roots, then plant them wherever you want. I say more free berries, please!<br />
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My front yard edible landscape contains three types of strawberries: Everbearing, Fragoo, and<br />
Alpine. Alpine Strawberries do not send out runners but the other two varieties do and this year I have them everywhere.<br />
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They actually looked really attractive cascading over my wall, but if I want these babies to live I need to help them develop roots.<br />
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This method is very simple. Here are the steps.<br />
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1.Cut steel wire into short lengths then bent them into a "U" shape to create pins.<br />
2.The underside of the baby plant needs to have good contact with the soil so create a small hollow for the plant to rest in.<br />
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3. Pin the plant into place. <br />
4. Gently water well and keep watered.<br />
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Check the plants in a couple of weeks to see if any roots have developed. Once the new root system is strong, you have two choices: cut the runner and let the plant grow where you pinned it, or cut the runner and move the plant to a new location. You can read more about how to do that in a post I wrote about <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2013/11/transplanting-strawberry-runners.html">moving and replanting strawberry plants</a>.<br />
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My baby plants grew on very long runners and I will have to replant them once they root, but for now they are happy in their temporary home.<br />
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Pulling, picking, snipping and digging. Harvesting home grown produce is physical work. After forty-five minutes of bending over picking bush green beans, while the early morning sun rose behind me, I slowly straightened up and felt the sweat run down my tightening back. I had been working for a couple of hours and I was ready to stop.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>As usual I had managed to get soil all over my face, up my arms, on my clothes and in my shoes. I sat on the edge of the bath tub and scrubbed my feet, arms and hands. Looking down I noticed a hole in my shirt - another casualty of the garden. I stopped putting money into clothes years ago after I destroyed yet another "good" piece of my wardrobe.<br />
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I poured myself a cold drink and sat on the porch resting my no longer twenty-five year old body. A thought crossed my mind:<br />
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"You know, green beans are only ninety-nine cents a pound at the supermarket this week."<br />
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I smiled to myself. This is true, but for me, the containers of green beans on my kitchen counter represent more than just dinner. They are the product of my labor and a physical manifestation of my skills as a gardener. They are my contribution to my family's well being and my own mental health. Every bean I grow and pick makes me more of a producer and less of a consumer.<br />
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When I look at the piles of produce in the kitchen I see satisfaction, investment, and pride in my ability and that I cannot buy at the supermarket for ninety-nine cents a pound.<br />
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I rose and made my way into the kitchen, inspired to use my hands to turn these beans into something worthy of my efforts. When I serve this dish at supper tonight I'll say, "I grew these," and my kids will roll their eyes and say, "We know, Mom."<br />
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Then, I'll look down at my plate and say to myself, "I grew these."<br />
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See you in the garden,<br />
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Sue<br />
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Meals become really simple when the weather is as hot and humid as it is right now in Rhode Island. By the time I'm done preserving the day's harvest, I don't have much energy left for cooking supper! Much of the food coming out of my kitchen this week is inspired by my newly cured garlic crop, including the following recipes for Spicy Green Beans, and Pesto. Balsamic Strawberries are an easy dessert and a good way to use up less than perfect berries which is mostly what I am harvesting at this time of year.<br />
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I've been trying to get out into the garden as early as possible each day. By 10am it's not fun to be outdoors doing anything physical in this heat. The tomatoes and zucchini love this weather and the eggplants are exploding on the plants. I'll cut my first eggplants of the year at the end of the week. I'm roasting tomatoes nearly every day to make soup and sauce for the winter and working my way through my list of <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/08/15-ways-with-zucchini-or-how-im.html">Fifteen Ways with Zucchini</a> in an effort to keep up!<br />
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I harvested a good garlic crop this year and it cured in about three weeks. The bush green beans just keep coming so I combined the two ingredients and am making this quick recipe for Spicy Green Beans at least once a week.<br />
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2-3 Tbsp. Toasted Sesame Oil<br />
1/2 lb Green Beans, ends trimmed.<br />
Four cloves of garlic sliced thin, more if you like it really spicy!<br />
Hot Pepper Flakes to taste<br />
Pinch of Salt <br />
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Heat the oil in a cast iron skillet on pretty high heat. Add the green beans and toss constantly until the beans show some color and are tender, but still crisp. Turn the heat down a little and add the garlic, pepper flakes and salt. Keep tossing the beans for a few more minutes. Serve immediately.<br />
Serves 2-4<br />
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I'm growing two kinds of basil this year - Genovese and Lemon, and both make wonderful <b>pesto</b>. My recipe for <b>Basil Pesto</b> is more by feel than precise measurements (for an unusual pesto try <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/08/shiso-and-shiso-pesto.html">Shiso Pesto</a>). I start with about a cup of basil tossed into the food processor, followed by two to three garlic cloves, a handful of pine nuts and about a 1/3 cup of grated parmesan cheese along with some salt and pepper. I pulse it all together for just a few seconds, then using the opening in the lid of the processor, slowly add olive oil a little at a time until the pesto reaches the consistency I want. Pesto freezes really well and I freeze mine in half cup portions.<br />
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I like to use pesto on salads during the summer and this recipe for a variation of a <b>Nicoise Salad</b> was a hit in my house this week. To cooked and cooled potatoes and green beans, I added halved grape tomatoes and tossed it together with some pesto. I served this along with quartered boiled eggs. My husband added olives to his plate as well.<br />
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<b>Balsamic Strawberries</b> are a classic Italian way to serve strawberries. This is a very forgiving recipe, which I love. Core and slice strawberries and place in a bowl. Sprinkle with enough sugar to coat all the berries and drizzle a little balsamic vinegar on top. Gently toss and leave in the fridge for up to three hours. Serve with chopped mint. This is a delicious way to serve strawberries and the addition of whipped cream has been known to happen once in a while!<br />
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Three easy recipes for a busy time of year in the garden. What are you cooking this week?<br />
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Sue<br />
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My edible landscape is going through another transition. A significant number of annual edible flowers need to be pulled but their removal will leave holes (OK, craters) in my design. I've been putting off doing this clean up task because I couldn't decide what I wanted to do with the empty space. I think I now have a plan.<br />
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This is this garden's second year. Last year, I didn't get to plant anything until May and consequently the annuals sown from seed were still in bloom in August. In the photos above, taken almost exactly a year ago, you can see how the Batchelor's Buttons in particular are still blossoming.<br />
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Fast forward a year and I have brown plants which have gone to seed. Batchelor's Buttons are amazing self seeders and I had seedlings well on the way to maturity in April. This of course meant they peaked much earlier.<br />
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These photos were taken during the URI Master Gardener Tour in June, The Buttons are gorgeous. I knew then I was in trouble and started to think about what I was going to do when they expired. These plants reseeded so well I had at least double the number of plants I did last year and once the flowers started to fade the task of deadheading them was overwhelming. I'd stand in one spot for an hour and not make a dent.<br />
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Consequently, the plants went to seed much earlier than they needed to. I've left the plants for the birds to pick at the seeds and they have been a big hit. Slowly, I've removed the plants as they died to the point where they look straggly. The garden on the right hand side is further along than the left, as you can see. This is because of the path of the sun. I could get away with leaving the Batchelor's Buttons on the left for a bit longer but if I just remove them from the right hand garden it will look unbalanced.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see how bare this section will be with out the Batchelor's Buttons. The beans I planted next to the walkway didn't germinate.</td></tr>
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My plan is to replace the sections in the front along the path with Ballhead cabbages and the transplants are ready to go out. These will fill the space until it is time to put the garden to bed in the fall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seen from the porch, the right hand garden doesn't look that bad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down from the porch, you can see all the dead Batchelor's Buttons in the left hand garden.</td></tr>
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Next year, I plan on replacing the Buttons along the path with an edible perennial. I have some ideas but I wonder what you think - any suggestions? Also, what would you do? Remove all the Buttons now, remove just the ones on the right, or wait until the plants on the left look as bad as the ones on the right?<br />
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Let me know!<br />
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Sue <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-7337833990794524732015-08-14T05:25:00.001-07:002015-08-14T05:25:52.203-07:00Overnight oats: recipes for summer and fall<br />
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There is nothing complicated or revolutionary about overnight oats. The concept is very trendy right now here in the US but muesli has always been a staple in the Europeans diet. This doesn't make them any less delicious! I eat overnight oats for breakfast at least a couple of times a week, especially in the warmer months. The dish takes no time to prepare (as long as you remember to do it before you go to bed) and creamy soft oats make the perfect medium for seasonal eating.<br />
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There is much written about the benefits of soaking grains and if you are interested in this concept I recommend the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Traditions-Challenges-Politically-Dictocrats/dp/0967089735">Nourishing Traditions</a> by Sally Fallon. The bottom line is soaking grains before eating makes them easier to digest, which is good news for people like me who have stomach sensitivity issues.<br />
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I hesitate to even call this a recipe because it is so simple. The fun comes in adding whatever is in season to the oats, which results in a different meal each time you make it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summer Overnight Oats</b></span><br />
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The night before you wish to eat the oats for breakfast, combine equal parts of:<br />
Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (not instant)<br />
Yogurt ( I use organic whole milk vanilla)<br />
Milk ( I use raw or organic whole milk)<br />
I use a 1/3 cup or 1/2 cup measure depending on how much fruit I intend to add to the oats in the morning.<br />
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To the mixture add a handful of nuts and a teaspoon of vanilla or additional sweetener such as maple syrup or honey if desired.<br />
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Once combined, place the bowl in the fridge overnight.<br />
When ready to eat, add seasonal fruits.<br />
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<b>Here are a few of my favorite summer variations:</b><br />
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Chopped walnuts and strawberries<br />
Sliced almonds with blueberries or raspberries<br />
Chopped pecans with peaches or apricots<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fall Overnight Oats</b></span><br />
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In the fall, as less fresh fruit becomes available I switch over to dried or frozen fruit and the method changes slightly.<br />
To the oat, yogurt, milk and nut mixture I add 1/2 cup of frozen fruit or a handful of dried fruit before placing in the fridge. I also add a little spice, which seems right for the fall!<br />
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<b>Here are some fall overnight oat variations</b><br />
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Walnuts, fresh apples, raisins and a pinch of cinnamon<br />
Almonds and fresh pears, pinch of ginger<br />
Walnuts and dried cranberries, pinch of cinnamon, dash of maple syrup<br />
Cashews and dried dates<br />
Walnuts and frozen blueberries, extra vanilla<br />
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Do you have a favorite overnight oats recipe?<br />
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Sue<br />
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There is a sense of change in the air around here. I'm not just talking about the change of season, which with the cooler evenings and mornings we've been experiencing lately seems to want to happen early this year. I'm talking about family milestone changes. All of my clan is feeling it and as we navigate through these changes, the rhythms and predictability of the garden are providing some solid ground for me to stand on.<br />
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My daughter is leaving home to go to college in just a few weeks. I am so excited for her but of course she will be greatly missed. My husband and I will adapt to our changing roles as her parents and her brother - well, there will be less competition for the contents of the snack cupboard!<br />
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My husband turns fifty in the spring and this has been occupying his mind along with his baby's impending departure. His response? I had to intervene to prevent him performing what he called a "full Walter White", meaning he wanted to shave off all his hair and beard leaving just a goatee. He wanted to look "dangerous". Lordy, Lordy.<br />
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As for me, my strategy has been to embrace the natural rhythm of the garden. There is comfort in the daily harvest, the overflowing baskets of zucchini and tomatoes and the never ending task of weeding. These things I know, these things are comforting in their seasonal correctness. Life is change but having a connection to the soil and the natural turning of the year provides a firm place to stand when everything else feels a little wobbly.<br />
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In a couple of months we will have found our new family rhythm, and hopefully my husband will still be sporting what little hair he has left, but through it all my plants will grow, fruit, produce seed and begin again. How beautifully predictable.<br />
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As we move into mid-August, the garden is groaning under the weight of all that needs to be picked, eaten, and preserved. My harvests are getting larger but seeing my kitchen island covered with homegrown produce- well, that never gets old. Here are some of the meals and preserves I've been making along with recipe links.<br />
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A really wide variety of vegetables are ready right now and I've been making meals that include a little bit of everything like a sausage, bean and vegetable chilli, most of which I froze for the winter.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/09/frittata-ultimately-adaptable-meal.html">Frittata </a>is another great way to use up a lot of produce and this one I made with veggies, cheddar cheese and homemade lemon basil pesto.<br />
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Soup is another way to use up a little of this and that and my <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/08/15-ways-with-zucchini-or-how-im.html">Vegetable and Bacon Chowda</a> is a perfect summer soup.<br />
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As the tomatoes are finally starting to ripen, I made a batch of <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/09/roasted-tomato-and-zucchini-soup.html">Roasted Tomato and Zucchini Soup </a>this week as well.<br />
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All of my potatoes could be harvested now, which is a little overwhelming, but I'm working on the Blue Adirondacks and digging up just what I need. Blue home fries were a hit with the frittata and there is nothing like a freshly dug spud.<br />
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One of my big gardening successes this year is growing Alpine Strawberries from seed. The plants are really thriving and fruiting well. Although they are very small, these berries pack a lot of flavor, but I'm learning that they need to be eaten quickly once picked or they turn nasty.<br />
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I've been baking some of them in muffins (no chopping required!) and they are delicious. I'm adding about a cup and a half of berries to a basic muffin recipe that yields 12 muffins. The berries' flavor is so strong I'm not adding any other flavoring except a teaspoon of vanilla.<br />
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Finally, the pickling cucumber plants I'm growing in containers produced enough cukes for my first batch of <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2013/07/dill-pickles-and-plans-for-front-garden.html">dill pickles</a>. I used dill seed from last year's plants for the seasoning and preserved them in a water bath.<br />
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There is a lot of work still ahead before the growing season comes to a close but the freezer and pantry are starting to fill up and that is satisfying indeed.<br />
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What are you doing with your produce? <br />
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SueAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-32209011315331628592015-08-05T17:57:00.000-07:002015-08-05T17:57:09.746-07:00Edible Flower and Soft Cheese Appetizer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLBe0SJn9PRnS20SFl4oZWHN0vfIC1xQp3VjBRkhAHNAcGsJBBEI55q6Nvcb5RtIsNjA_1kD4YSRPwV96kdFGvShvt941jKEEhJ7xwLl9GAN8OwUB1wjCsUt_lh3Yubdbb-dONc5aYKN0/s1600/P1110111.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Edible Flower and Soft Cheese Appetizer" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLBe0SJn9PRnS20SFl4oZWHN0vfIC1xQp3VjBRkhAHNAcGsJBBEI55q6Nvcb5RtIsNjA_1kD4YSRPwV96kdFGvShvt941jKEEhJ7xwLl9GAN8OwUB1wjCsUt_lh3Yubdbb-dONc5aYKN0/s640/P1110111.JPG" title="Edible Flower and Soft Cheese Appetizer" width="640" /></a><br />
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I'm always looking for new ways to cook with the edible flowers growing in my gardens and this appetizer is a quick and elegant way to use them. Try serving these at your next summer party and they will be sure to spark lots of conversation!<br />
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The flowers in this appetizer do more than just look beautiful, they have distinct flavors which are fun to play with.<br />
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Borage has a cucumber taste, for example, while Nasturtiums have a peppery bite.<br />
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Some say Little Gem Marigolds are the best tasting marigolds and I do think they are less bitter than some of the larger varieties. The other flowers I used for these appetizers are Calendula, Batchelor's Buttons and Violas.<br />
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I use soft spreadable cheeses for this appetizer for their mild flavor which doesn't over power the taste of the flowers, and I love the white canvas they create for the colorful petals. <br />
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Assortment of different breads, toasted and cut ( I used rye, sourdough and Melba Toasts)<br />
Assortment of cheeses, such as Brie, cream cheese and goat cheese<br />
Various edible flowers such as Borage, Violas, Calendula, Batchelor's Buttons and Marigolds<br />
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Spread the cheeses on the toasts and decorate with edible flowers just before serving.<br />
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It's that easy!<br />
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Do you have a favorite way to use edible flowers in your cooking?<br />
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Do you use edibles in your front porch containers? This year I tried a combination of edible flower and vegetable I really like: Swiss Chard and Violas.<br />
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Violas are dainty little flowers but are surprisingly capable of standing up to New England summers. I planted Johnny-Jump-Up Viola seedlings into containers in mid May and they are still flowering.<br />
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For height in the containers I planted Bright Lights Swiss Chard seeds and now that the plants have achieved maturity, I have the look I wanted: a tall colorful stemmed foliage plant surrounded by a myriad of small flowers.<br />
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I think theses containers look right at home on my front porch.<br />
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Last week, I had the pleasure of recording a podcast for <a href="http://www.greeningofgavin.com/">The Greening of Gavin</a>, a popular, award winning urban sustainability blog written by Gavin Webber from his home in Melton near Melbourne, Australia. Gavin covers all kinds of topics on his site: cheese making, soap making, solar power, climate change and more, but we spent most of our time talking about home food production and the differences between our two growing climates. How do we maximize the space we have and are we both crazy for planting edibles in our front yards? Listen in and find out!<br />
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<a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2015/06/ten-tips-for-growing-edibles-in-small.html">Ten Tips for Growing Edibles in Small Spaces</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/p/blog-page_3.html">My Edible Landscape Project</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2015/06/unusual-edibles-in-my-edible-landscape.html">Unusual Edibles in My Edible Landscape and How to Eat them</a><br />
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The week at home after a week away is always a hectic one. Add to that an urban farm heading into peak production and you can imagine how busy I have been! Less than an hour after we got home I was picking green beans - eight pounds of them, in fact. More cabbage, peas and strawberries found their way into the kitchen, as well as radishes and the first zucchini and yellow pear tomatoes of the season. This week saw my first trip to my local blueberry farm and a compromise was made in the black currant department in the interest of keeping my sanity.<br />
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One of my favorite summer dishes is green bean salad: cooled cooked beans, tossed with mint, lemon zest, minced red onion and feta cheese, drizzled with a balsamic vinaigrette.<br />
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I defrosted some grilled eggplant rounds from last year and with some zucchini sauteed and added to the marinara along with fresh basil, assembled a lovely vegetable lasagna.<br />
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We are still overrun with cabbage so the challenge continues to make it different and interesting each time I serve it!<br />
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On the menu this week was roasted cabbage which was served with the lasagne, coleslaw, a yaki soba stirfry with sausage, cabbage, carrot, and ramen noodles, a cabbage, zucchini, and chicken stirfry in a peanut butter sauce, broiled cabbage in a cheese sauce, and a cabbage soup base which I froze for the winter.<br />
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Making winter soup bases is a great way to use up summer vegetables. I add everything except a protein and freeze in multiple containers. When I defrost a container I can add whatever protein I want and season it accordingly. This way I get several different soups out of one soup base. I do this a lot over the summer and use the veggies in abundance at the time.<br />
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I made Cookie and Kate's <a href="http://cookieandkate.com/2014/spicy-quick-pickled-radishes/">refrigerator radish pickles</a> this week which turned out nice and crunchy. I used homemade raw apple cider and the color combination with the pink radishes is beautiful!<br />
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Each year I go to <a href="http://www.rockypointblueberries.com/">Rocky Point Blueberry Farm</a>. It is a small farm located in an old residential neighborhood overlooking Narragansett Bay. I picked six pounds of berries, some of which will become jam while the rest was eaten or frozen. I'll be going back this week for round two.<br />
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Also in season right now are currants. Black currants are one of my favorite fruits and I had planned to make the hour trip each way to a 'pick your own' farm in Connecticut as <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/features/lifestyle/garden/master-gardeners/20130722-master-gardener-black-currants-are-the-bad-boys-of-fruit-illegal-to-grow-in-ri.ece">there are no black currants in Rhode Island</a>. Reality, however, kicked in and I just couldn't justify the time. Whole Foods had black currants for sale this week at four times the PYO price per pound but I made the compromise so I could continue to preserve my own produce and get my family back on track. I only bought a couple of containers rather than the couple of pounds I would have bought from the farm. The<a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2013/07/thank-you-mother-nature-for-black.html"> black currant muffins</a> I made were terrific and such a treat. Sometimes you have to choose time over money.<br />
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Visiting the <a href="http://www.urbanfarmfermentory.com/about/">Urban Farm Fermentory</a> was high on the list of 'Must Do While in Portland, Maine'. Several friends were quick to recommend the brewery and one (<a href="http://theycallmeoystergirl.com/">Oyster Girl</a>) to ask me to pick up a bottle of kombucha for her. Located in a warehouse in an industrial part of the city, Urban Farm Fermentory is focused on proving a truly local product while making a difference in the community. Oh yes, they also have a tasting room with their mead, hard cider and kombuchas on tap.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>When we travel, we like to seek out and support food and drink companies dedicated to producing a quality local product. By using natural local ingredients, the end result is unique and a truly regional food; there are always positive ripples through the local economy, too, as the contributing suppliers share in the product's success.<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanfarmfermentory.com/about/">Urban Farm Fermentory</a> brews hard cider made with Maine apples which are fermented with wild yeasts, mead made with local honey, and a variety of kombuchas flavored with seasonal local ingredients including Maine blueberries and foraged edibles such as red clover flowers and nettles.<br />
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Kombucha is a probiotic fermented tea. Sweetened tea is fermented using a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) and a few ounces of previously made kombucha. It can be flavored with the addition of fruit, herbs or other plants, allowed to steep, then strained.<br />
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The kombucha found in supermarkets has very low alcohol content to allow it to be sold as a non-alcoholic beverage. Urban Farm Fermentory is one of only three breweries in the country making kombucha in the traditional method with a liquor license. The resulting tea is 1.5% proof, high enough to prevent my eighteen year old daughter from ordering a sample tray in the tasting room. Sorry Honey, house rules.<br />
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We tried several of their brews on tap: Mead, Cider, Red Clover, and Ginger Kombuchas, plus Blueberry, and Mint Nettle Kombuchas. We enjoyed the Tasting Room and came home with a bottle of Mead, Hard Cider, Blueberry Kombucha and Red Clover Kombucha, plus a bottle of Mint Nettle Kombucha for <a href="http://theycallmeoystergirl.com/">Oyster Girl</a>. We also got a bottle of Chaga Chai Kombucha which is one of the flavors sold at retail outlets. The flavors we bought on tap included a bottle fee. If ever we are back in Portland we can get refills of any brew on tap for a much smaller charge.<br />
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<a href="http://www.urbanfarmfermentory.com/about/">Urban Farm Fermentory</a> is part of a brewery cluster in Portland where several breweries are located in close proximity and share resources. According to the UFF website, this is part of their mission to have a positive impact on the city and the local economy, as is their commitment to education through teaching classes at their facility.<br />
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Kombucha is easy to make at home. If you are interested in creating your own kombucha masterpieces, read<a href="http://www.splendidtable.org/story/making-kombucha-an-excerpt-from-the-art-of-fermentation"> this article</a> by one of the leading voices in wild fermentation, Sandor Ellix Katz. He discusses the health benefits of the drink plus shares a recipe and provides trouble shooting tips.<br />
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Now I'm off to enjoy a glass of kombucha on the front porch.<br />
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I just got back from a family trip to Maine (I posted some photos of the trip on my<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lessnoisemoregreen?ref=hl"> Facebook</a> page). My mother-in-law rented a beautiful house right on the coast and we were treated to panoramic ocean views and stunning sunrise and sunsets. To get to the house we drove down a dirt road next to a farm where a variety of crops were growing in the field.<br />
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As we were gazing out over the beach one day, a tractor pulled on to the beach and two men started filling plastic crates with seaweed.<br />
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The debate started as to what they were going to use the seaweed for. I thought they were from the farm and were going to use the seaweed as mulch. Others thought it was going to be used for clam bakes. I had to know so I walked down to the beach and asked!<br />
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We were all right, sort of. Lincoln and Jodie are the farmers from the near by <a href="http://www.alewivesbrookfarm.com/">Alewive's Brook Farm</a> but the kelp was destined to be packing material for lobsters. When I asked about using the seaweed on the farm I found out that they purchase lobster and crab shells from a local fishing company and turn the waste into the soil as fertilizer. Sure enough, that's exactly what we saw them doing on a section of the field a few days later.<br />
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Lobster and crab shells contain not only calcium but the protein chitin which is high in nitrogen, making it an excellent soil amendment. Along with the chitin comes chitin eating bacteria which attacks fungus and nematode eggs.<br />
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The Maine fishing industry produces a lot of lobster and crab shells (lobster roll anyone?) which used to be dumped back in to the ocean. There is now a thriving industry turning this local waste product into fertilizer. In fact, I use <a href="http://www.coastofmaine.com/">compost and potting soil containing lobster meal</a> in my gardens.<br />
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If you eat seafood, save the shells to use as fertilizer in your garden. Wash the shells well, break them up or pulse in a food processor (if you make your own broth, use the shells for that first) and add to your compost pile. If you are concerned about critters, bury the shells deep into the pile. Another method is to dig a deep trench and bury the shells. In a couple of months the shells will have decomposed and will be fertilizing your soil.<br />
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This is a great example of using what nature has provided in a sustainable way, for the benefit of all. It is also an example of returning to old wisdom. Placing a fish in the hole before planting is an ancient farming technique used by the local Native American people.<br />
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If you have access to it, seaweed also makes an excellent addition to the compost pile and a wonderful natural mulch.<br />
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The summer months are when my kitchen gets to prove it's worth. At any given time, I may have two or three different fruits or vegetables on the counters in some stage of preservation, along with the ingredients for the daily preparation of meals .The room is in a perpetual state of messy abundance and it is glorious to behold. This time of year, I feel like the richest person in the world.<br />
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Harvests of peas, green beans, rhubarb, berries and cabbage are passing through the kitchen. The excess peas, green beans and fruit are being frozen while the cabbage is being pounded into sauerkraut and left to ferment.<br />
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Right now, I am harvesting Caraflex cabbage which is a cone head variety. The heads are deceptively heavy, averaging around 4-5 pounds each and the flavor is mild and buttery. It may be my new favorite cabbage. This week I tried roasting a whole head with a little olive oil, seasoning and Parmesan cheese. With the core removed, the halves looked like two hearts.<br />
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The leftover cabbage went well with a meal of chickpeas, sauteed with Swiss chard, re-hydrated sun-dried tomatoes, lemon and feta cheese.<br />
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Curing in my garage for the next several weeks is my garlic harvest. I'm pleased with the size of the bulbs. I save the best looking bulbs from each harvest to use as seed garlic in the next planting and the garlic gets bigger and healthier each year.<br />
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A special treat this week was a dish of early Adirondack Blue potatoes simply boiled with butter and seasoning. Divine.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/11/softened-kale-chicken-and-citrus-salad.html">Massaged kale salads</a> are a favorite in the summer and this week I topped ours with chicken, strawberries, mandarin oranges and green onions. The <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/07/getting-fruity-preserving-blueberries.html">dressing</a> was a simple one made with red currant jelly and red wine vinegar, slowly melted together and cooled.<br />
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Just a typical July week in my kitchen. What's been happening in yours?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-27518067308110646812015-07-13T04:31:00.001-07:002015-07-13T04:31:19.550-07:00Changing edible flowers <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A few weeks can make such a difference in a garden. Flowers fade as their
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The Batchelor's Button and Chive flowers are on their way out but revitalizing my landscape right now are several new edible flowers: Bee Balm, Sunseed Sunflowers, Nasturtiums, Lemon Drop and Gem Marigolds, and Borage, all making their first appearances of the season. They add new colors and textures to the garden and add new flavors to our salads and sandwiches.<br />
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How delightful for the cook (me) to have new ingredients to play with every few weeks. Change can be delicious.<br />
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What's blooming where you are?<br />
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It's been a little more than a month since I started caring for my bees. So far the experience has been both challenging and rewarding and certainly not without some excitement. As with caring for any living thing, reading up on the subject only gets you so far, as you quickly realize your charge, or charges in my case, haven't read the manual at all. It makes for an interesting ride.<br />
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I attended Bee School and helped care for a hive that is part of a URI Master Gardener project before making the decision to get my own hive. As a new beekeeper, I gave myself a bit of a head start and purchased a nucleus of bees. A nuc is a mini, established colony of bees with a queen, living on five frames of brood (baby bees), pollen, and honey. The nuc frames are placed in the hive along with enough empty frames to fill the deep box. The colony quickly establishes itself in their new home and start building out the rest of the frames with comb for the queen to lay eggs in and for the storage of pollen and honey. If all goes according to plan!<br />
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I am keeping my bees at my friend Lynne's house. She lives about twenty-five minutes away from me in a much more rural area. The best part of this arrangement is I get to see her more often. Lynne is also helping me check the syrup levels in the hive so I only need to come and change out the bottles when I need to. Pretty soon she'll get a suit and get stuck in there with me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Calmly waiting for my box of bees. Photo by Michael St. Jean</td></tr>
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When the nuc was ready for me to pick up, Lynne was on vacation. I picked the box of bees up at night and took it to her house. The next day I drove back to install the bees into the hive. When I opened the trunk of the car I realized the bottles of sugar syrup had spilled all over my bee suit! I needed to get the nuc into the hive ASAP because it was going to be a very hot day and I was worried about the bees over heating. So I put on my sticky, wet suit and installed the bees with just a quick check of the frames. Then I drove back to my house, because Lynne wasn't home, changed my clothes, made more syrup, and drove back to the hive. What a mess! The bees were fine, which is all that matters. Needless to say, I revisited how I transport the syrup.<br />
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After a couple of weeks, I was worried about the hive because I wasn't seeing any new brood and I hadn't seen the queen. I asked my friend and bee mentor Jim to come and inspect the hive with me and he confirmed that I had a queen-less hive. There are many reasons why this could happen and when I contacted my supplier he immediately offered me a replacement nuc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bees eating uncapped honey during an inspection. Smoking the hive makes the bees calm and hungry!</td></tr>
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So I repacked the nuc into the box, drove to the supplier, dropped off my nuc and left with a new one. Back to the hive I went and installed the new nuc. Driving with a box of upset bees in the car is not my favorite way to spend a morning, let me tell you!<br />
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A week later I did my first inspection of the new nuc, which is when you open up the hive, pull out each frame and inspect it, looking for evidence of a laying queen and any reasons for concern such as abnormal laying patterns, swarm cells (an indication that half the colony is getting ready to leave) or supersedure cells (where the hive decides the existing queen isn't up to snuff and creates a new queen or realizes they are queen-less and need a new queen).<br />
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I was thrilled to see the queen on a frame in the process of being built out with comb. I saw evidence of her laying as well. A few days ago Jim and I did a second inspection and although we didn't see the queen, there was more build out and brood in all stages of growth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top bee is bringing pollen into the hive.</td></tr>
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My focus now is getting the hive to the point where the bees can make it through the winter. I am not banking on being able to add a honey super this year as the bees would have to fill out the deep they are in, plus another full deep before I'd put a super on for me. We'll have to see how productive this queen is and how industrious the workers are.<br />
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Not a dull hobby, this beekeeping lark.Watching the bees working in the hive is truly inspirational. They are amazing creatures and deserve my best effort to help them thrive.<br />
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See you in the apiary,<br />
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Sue <br />
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It happens every year around this time. My hard work in the garden is paying off and the beds are exploding with edibles. In a few weeks, I will be struggling to keep up with all the fruit and vegetables that need harvesting every day. Now is when I start to feel it - a tiny knot of panic in my stomach.<br />
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The pace so far has been manageable with a steady stream of broccoli, lettuce, radishes, peas and strawberries arriving in the kitchen. Kale and chard can be picked at will for now but the chard is ready to take off.<br />
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This may turn out to be the year of the cabbage. I have eight Caraflex cabbages, all on the cusp of being ready. These are such a showy variety and have done very well in my edible
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All the lettuce I planted for the Master Gardener Tour held it together until a couple of days later when the romaine started to bolt. I salvaged what I could and put lots of salads on the menu! Radishes are the size of pears and are screaming for mercy at this point. As I pull the lettuce and radishes, I plant new seeds but fewer this time as I no longer have the pressure of maintaining Tour perfection.<br />
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Next to take center stage will be the beans. All my bush and pole beans are in flower, with the bush varieties already sporting tiny 'baby beanies'. I noticed the zucchini plants are fruiting but I'm trying not to think about last summer's squash tsunami.<br />
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If my potatoes are doing as well underground as they are above ground I will have a bumper crop. Right now I'm questioning my logic in planting two early varieties.<br />
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What do I do when I start to feel the panic rising? I plan. I pull out my preserving binder and my summer recipes and formulate a plan of attack.<br />
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Once the deluge begins, formal menu planning goes out the window. Instead, I decide on seven types of meals - stir fry, frittata, salad, etc., then choose one each night using whatever ingredients I have on hand. Flexibility is the name of the game.<br />
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As the harvests get bigger, the strategy moves to eating half and preserving half. This can mean cooking and freezing a dish, or blanching, dehydrating or canning the extras. I need time in the kitchen beyond making the meals of the day and I schedule that, too.<br />
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As the panic forms, I remind myself that I know how to do this and I am up for the task. I focus on the satisfaction of a full freezer and pantry going into the winter and the ease of just having to defrost a meal for dinner in January.<br />
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As a New England vegetable gardener, I am entering the months where only the strong survive. It's the big leagues and this lump of nervous anticipation is nothing more than a healthy respect for what lies ahead.<br />
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So bring it on, summer! I'm waiting at the starting line with a garden trowel in one hand and a wooden spoon in the other. I'll see you victorious on the other side.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-72543394059639290312015-06-29T08:58:00.000-07:002015-06-29T08:58:01.315-07:00Potato Fruit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Did you know potato plants can produce fruit? My Adirondack Blues are covered with small green fruit that look like unripe grape tomatoes. What is going on here? Is the fruit edible and are my potato tubers OK?<br />
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Luckily, the fruiting of the plant has no bearing on the crop of tubers growing under the ground. Some varieties of potato are more prone to fruit than others but it doesn't happen every year even for those plants. Environmental factors seem to play a role. I am used to seeing the potato flowers fall off the plant pretty quickly and that is prompted by hot weather. If the weather is cooler, the flowers live longer, leaving them available for pollination and fruit production.<br />
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The fruit, although cute, is not edible. In fact it is poisonous and can cause headaches, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Luckily, it is very bitter so one bite should warn people away. If you have children or pets, however, I would make sure they cannot access the plants. Potatoes are part of the Deadly Nightshade family along with tomatoes, peppers and eggplant and it is the chemical solanine that makes parts of these plants toxic, including the fruit of the potato. Solanine is also the reason potatoes turn green if left in the light.<br />
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Tomatoes and potatoes are the closest relatives in the Nightshade family and can share disease and pests, so it makes sense that the potato and tomato fruit would be similar. Potato fruit contains hundreds of seeds, just like a tomato, and are harvested using the same method by squeezing the pulp into water and letting the seeds rise.<br />
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You may be asking at this point, why don't we plant potato seeds rather than seed potato tubers? The answer is that potato seeds do not produce offspring true to the parent plant. This means that my Adirondack Blue seeds will not produce replicas of the plant but a variation. Breeders do use seeds to create new varieties of potatoes but it takes several generations to achieve stability.<br />
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Seed potatoes produce a consistent potato crop because they create clones of the parent plant. Actually, 'seed' potato is not accurate because the tuber is not a seed. Potato tubers are enlarged underground stems that store nutrients (starch) for the plant. Potato 'eyes' are actually nodes or buds, just like on an above ground stem. When we cut up a potato, making sure to have eyes on each piece, then plant them in the soil, we are actually propagating the mother plant, just like we propagate other plants by taking cuttings and planting them.<br />
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Do you have fruiting potatoes this year?<br />
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See you in the garden,<br />
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Here are a couple of sites I used in my research for this post:<br />
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<a href="http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/what_are_those_fruit_growing_on_my_potato_plants">http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/what_are_those_fruit_growing_on_my_potato_plants </a><br />
<a href="http://www.curzio.com/N/Potato_starting_from_seed.htm">http://www.curzio.com/N/Potato_starting_from_seed.htm</a><br />
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This past weekend, my gardens were part of the 2015 <a href="http://www.urimastergardeners.org/">URI Master Gardener</a> Garden Tour. For six hours each day, myself and two other Master Gardeners, lead guided tours around both my edible landscape and backyard traditional vegetable garden. It was a really fun and interesting couple of days.<br />
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Despite the remnants of a tropical storm coming through on Sunday morning, my gardens were visited by 225 people over the course of the two days and there is no way I could have accommodated that many guests without the help of my fellow Master Gardener Charlie Junod on Saturday and Master Gardener Intern Kathy Horner on Sunday.<br />
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They were troopers and did an excellent job of explaining my gardens and educating the public. Thank you so much!<br />
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When talking about the edible landscape, which consists of 60 varieties of plants of which 51 are edible, people had the most questions about how I came up with the design and how I maintain it through out the season.<br />
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They also wanted to know if I experienced theft from either pests and people (only squirrels), and what did my neighbors think (I've only heard positive things)! Edible Landscaping was a new concept for many attendees and I was thrilled with the response my garden received.<br />
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I provided a detailed map of both gardens and people were circling plants and asking questions about seed companies, planting times and soil amendments. The Batchelor's Buttons were stunning and people were amazed to learn they are edible. I coaxed many visitors into eating flowers for the first time!<br />
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People were interested to learn about how I maximize growing space in my vegetable garden and out fox the shade. We discussed my crop rotation system, which I had added to the map, along with the use of container gardening to grow edibles beyond the garden beds.<br />
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Visitors asked the most questions about why I covered my winter squash (vine borer protection) and how well my sweet potatoes grow. They also liked my <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2015/05/organic-pest-controlcabbage-moth-decoys.html">cabbage moth decoys</a> and we discussed organic methods of pest control.<br />
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I also met quite a few people who read this blog and came to meet me and see the gardens in person! All in all it was a very encouraging couple of days. It was lovely to meet so many people who are passionate about gardening and they were all so gracious and appreciative of the Master Gardeners being willing to open their gardens and share their knowledge.<br />
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Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll sleep for a week!<br />
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All the photos in this post were taken by my husband. You can see more of his work <a href="http://photo.stjeanm.com/">HERE</a>.<br />
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See you in the garden,<br />
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Sue<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-16294039045238201722015-06-19T03:45:00.000-07:002015-06-20T06:14:38.080-07:00Welcome URI Master Gardener Garden Tour Attendees!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglppevkLZ-2VnTAh8wpl7_laq_XNQf4uscw9nPbwRWuQ-HZxcsJyR4RnPD_s5W6-BYqT5tI6LwXImQg4rS1coUYGleeqau8ldaBwp0wmM9ov5_w8aAGYFWRfTuPXY6LzmR4sXKWujnzxie/s1600/P1070522.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrMauLpJvcfNp-bm3Q3i4fxSwzFL5PdNpgoB5DLo55V1P9AyWYm4U1JG9cITJ2qz4aqF81L-ELd2XzPTu0errE1Qil7CRH_ELHASy7-6kaqHhFF1mSiEx4AOArSI8yw52SfXVLGnALHv5/s1600/2015+garden+tour+cover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrMauLpJvcfNp-bm3Q3i4fxSwzFL5PdNpgoB5DLo55V1P9AyWYm4U1JG9cITJ2qz4aqF81L-ELd2XzPTu0errE1Qil7CRH_ELHASy7-6kaqHhFF1mSiEx4AOArSI8yw52SfXVLGnALHv5/s200/2015+garden+tour+cover.jpg" width="127" /></a>Welcome Garden Tour attendees! If you have found your way here through the Tour Guidebook I hope that you will find the time to visit my garden during the two day tour.<br />
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If you visit, you will find two gardens. In the front I have an edible landscape consisting of edible flowers, herbs, berries and vegetables designed to be an attractive and productive entry to my home. In the back I have a traditional vegetable and fruit garden.<br />
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Below are links to resources on this blog that will support your visit to my garden.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Edible Landscape</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2015/06/unusual-edibles-in-my-edible-landscape.html">Unusual edibles in my garden and how to eat them, including recipes</a></li>
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<li>Edible Landscaping podcast. <a href="http://wadk.com/assets/podcaster/673/2015_05_20_673_33691_4013.mp3">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://wadk.com/assets/podcaster/673/2015_05_20_673_33690_4013.mp3">Part 2</a>. </li>
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I am the guest on the WADK 1540 AM URI Master Gardener radio show "For the Love of Gardening" discussing Edible Landscaping. <ul>
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<li>Follow the development of this garden from front lawn to a food garden, <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/p/blog-page_3.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/search/label/My%20Edible%20Landscape%20Project">HERE</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/features/lifestyle/garden/20140816-edible-garden-in-edgewood-creates-a-beautiful-productive-front-yard.ece">Providence Journal Feature Story</a> on my garden. </li>
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<li><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lessnoisemoregr/my-edible-landscape-project/">Pinterest Board</a> on this garden featuring the name, Latin name and photo for each plant.</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vegetable Garden</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2015/06/ten-tips-for-growing-edibles-in-small.html">10 Tips for Growing Edibles in Small Spaces</a></li>
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<li>In the right hand margin of this page you will find two years worth of links to veggie gardening topics covering everything from composting to seed starting, to tips on growing individual vegetables.</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other resources on this blog:</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/p/blog-page_7.html">"For the Love of Gardening" radio podcasts,</a> of which I am one of the hosts.</li>
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Enjoy all the information on this blog and I hope you will come back and visit me here soon.<br />
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See you in the garden,<br />
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Sue Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-27469942926839421372015-06-18T07:27:00.000-07:002015-06-18T07:27:59.903-07:00Unusual edibles in my edible landscape and how to eat them!<br />
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This post is part of the educational element of the 2015 URI Master Gardener Garden Tour, which my gardens are a part of! The Tour is happening June 20 - 21 and you can find out all the information plus where to buy tickets, <a href="http://www.urimastergardeners.org/2015-garden-tour">HERE</a>.<br />
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One of the greatest joys of designing my edible landscape has been discovering new and unusual edible plants and using them in my cooking. Below is a list of plants I currently have in my garden that you may not know are edible, along with how to eat them, and links to recipes using these plants on my blog.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wolf Eyes Kousa Dogwood:</b> Use the berry pulp in baking or as a condiment for chicken. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2013/09/foraging-for-kousa-dogwood-berries-and.html">Kousa Dogwood Muffins</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bearberry:</b> Use the berries to make jam.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lingonberries:</b> This berry is not commonly found in New England but can be used like cranberries. They make delicious jam and syrup and are used in traditional Swedish cooking.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Black Lace Elderberry</b>: Elder flowers are used in Europe to make Elder Flower Cordial, while the berries make a nutritious and medicinal syrup as well as a delicious jam.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/07/elderflower-cordial.html">Elder Flower Cordial</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Edible Flower Petals</b> - try sprinkling them on your next salad!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lemon Drop and Gem Marigolds</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Edible Flowers for baking: </span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Borage flowers, candied and used as cake decorations</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lavender: Press into cookies or sprinkle sparingly on ice cream</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Recipes:</i> <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/06/eating-flowers-from-edible-garden.html">Honey and Lavender Ice cream, Lavender Cookies</a> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nasturtiums: Pickle the seeds and use like capers. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Recipe:</i> <a href="http://www.lessnoise-moregreen.com/2014/08/pickled-nasturtium-seeds-roasted.html">Poor Man's Capers</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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This post is part of the educational element of the 2015 URI Master
Gardener Garden Tour, which my gardens are a part of. The tour is
happening June 20 - 21 and you can find out all the information plus
where to buy tickets, <a href="http://www.urimastergardeners.org/2015-garden-tour">HERE</a>.<br />
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The one thing growing food in a small urban space forces you do is be creative! Over the years I've learned (often the hard way) some tricks to maximize my growing space. How many of these have you tried?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. <b>Beat the Shade </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is your garden shady? Keep plants that thrive in full sun in pots. This has two advantages: a)</span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>The pot can be moved to follow the sun and b) The plants are taken out of crop rotation meaning you can grow them in the same spot year after year.<b></b></div>
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<b>2. Plant Compact Varieties</b></div>
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Plant bush rather than vine varieties of squashes and cucurbits which will take up less bed space. There are now many varieties of plant grown specifically to thrive in containers which means they are compact growers.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I grow slicing cucumbers up a trellis and bush pickling cucumbers in pots.</td></tr>
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Use trellises and pergolas to grow vining plants such as squashes and cucumbers up off the precious real estate of garden beds. Growing Pole Beans up a teepee takes up a fraction of the room needed to grow bush beans.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I grow sauce tomatoes in pots against the house where they get radiant heat from the bricks and the driveway.</td></tr>
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Containers expand your growing space on to patios, porches, and driveways. Use the heat from your house and hardscapes to create green house-like heat for tomatoes and peppers. Just remember to water well. Add veggies and fruits to your flower containers. Try growing potatoes in bags or potato towers.</div>
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<b>5. Small Plants Shouldn't Mean Tiny Yields</b></div>
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Look for varieties that are big producers. With a small garden, plants must produce large harvests to merit the bed space they take up.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the middle of the summer zucchini tsunami.</td></tr>
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Harvest fruiting veggies like eggplants and zucchini often and when the fruits are small. This will encourage the plant to keep producing. This way, you get a large harvest from fewer plants.</div>
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With a small space, you have to make choices. Grow your family's favorite fruits and veggies plus others on a rotating basis.</div>
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Lettuces and radishes have short maturity times. Plant them between slow growers that will provide shade and space for the lettuce and radishes to mature well before the slow coaches need the room.</div>
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<b>9. Include Perennial Edibles in your Garden Design</b></div>
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Use perennial edibles such as blueberry bushes to create wind breaks or hedges. Plant rhubarb in your perennial flower beds and use low growing berries such as cranberries or strawberries as ground cover.</div>
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<b>10. Plant Fewer Plants</b></div>
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This is a hard one. With a small garden the urge is to pack in the plants, but veggies need space and good air circulation
to best fight off pests and disease. Cramped plants produce poorly.
Fewer healthier plants will produce more yield than many stressed
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890021882640066829noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250692598714468433.post-68933326991527516062015-06-15T10:20:00.001-07:002015-06-15T10:20:30.199-07:00New Additions to my Edible Landscape in 2015<br />
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I'm working hard to get my garden ready for the upcoming <a href="http://www.urimastergardeners.org/2015-garden-tour">URI Master Gardener Garden Tour</a> on June 20 and 21. If you live in Rhode Island, it's not too late to get tickets. Click <a href="http://www.urimastergardeners.org/2015-garden-tour">HERE</a> for ticket sale locations.<br />
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I've added quite a few new plants to my edible landscape this year, including flowers, vegetables, herbs, and berries. I like to take photos of my plants in all stages of their growth. I find this especially helpful when they are seedlings and I'm trying to weed! It's interesting to see how the garden changes over time and how the weather can either speed up or slow down growth from year to year.<br />
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Here are the new additions to my edible landscape this year.<br />
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Trionfo Violetto. This heirloom pole bean has purple flowers and pods.<br />
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Scarlet Emperor. This heirloom pole bean has red flowers.<br />
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Caraflex cabbage. This cabbage will eventually have a triangular head, poor thing.<br />
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Little Gem is a mini romaine lettuce.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Herbs</b></span><br />
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Lemon Balm<br />
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Common Sorrel.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fruit</b></span><br />
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Alexandria Alpine Strawberry. I've planted many of these along the front wall to help with my soil erosion problem.<br />
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Half bush Blueberry, Top Hat . I needed to add more blueberries to aid pollination.<br />
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Jelly Bean Blueberry.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flowers</b></span><br />
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Heirloom Lemon Drop Marigold with edible flowers.<br />
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Heirloom Lemon/Tangerine Gems Marigold, flowers are also edible.<br />
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Heirloom Borage, with blue, star-like edible flowers.<br />
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Galaxy Mix Sweet Peas.<br />
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Edible Violas, which I paired in containers with Bright Lights Swiss Chard.<br />
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To see photos of all the plants in my edible landscape, visit my<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lessnoisemoregr/my-edible-landscape-project/"> pinterest page</a>. What new additions have you added to your garden this year?<br />
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Sue<br />
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