Posted in Chickens, Compost, Extending the harvest, Garden, Pictures, tagged cloche, desiccant, hoop house, silica gel, winter garden on December 21, 2011|
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Apple and fig pie. Rhubarb wasn’t in season. Turned out pretty well.
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Among the things i swipe from lab- silica gel dessicant packets to keep my stored garden seeds dry.
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knitted graffiti in downtown Seattle
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Disgusting. My brother and sister in law in Tucson actually have to shade their tomato plants.
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The turkeys dig through leaves we put in their run. They loved it!
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Fallen leaves protect winter chard and beets
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a beastly winter cabbage and ‘Apollo’ broccoli that seriously won’t stop producing heads- it’s amazing!
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winter kale protected by pop bottle greenhouses- we’ll see if it can outgrow the slugs
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Thanksgiving harvest of red and golden beets, and rutabaga
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Here they are all purdied up. Rutabagas went in with the mashed potats, and the beets went into an arugula, goat cheese, pomegranate salad. Best. Salad. Ever.
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When i’m lonely late at night in lab i like to Skype with Inka
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David hooked the grain mill up to the Kitchen Aid- we had a lot of grain to grind!
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The flaker attachment rolls grains that we make into a porridge-esque breakfast- good for cold mornings
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Loading the porridge into packages for the family- a wholesome Christmas gift!
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The finished mix: oats, barley, rye, soft white wheat, hard red wheat, kamut, spelt, emmer farro, red quinoa, and forbidden rice
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