Grinding Herbs

October 15, 2006

(Note: This entry originally published on You Grow Girl’s “The Dirt”.) Today I got around to grinding up my dried herbs. Why? Because I found a great deal on a coffee bean grinder at Loblaws…$9.99! It worked really well. Each weekend lately I’ve been harvesting from the garden whatever edibles I can. I managed to [...]

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October 13, 2006

Got the tomato seeds separated from the stinky gunk that forms on top. Oh, and away from the hundred fruit flies that found the containers in the basement laundry room. All in all, though, the process was much easier than I thought it would be. And yes, hannamyluv, we can trade some seeds for sure! [...]

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Saving Tomato Seeds

October 9, 2006

Today I harvested some thyme and hung it up in the basement along with the sage and mint that are now ready to be processed. I also scooped seeds from five varieties of tomatoes: Costoluto Genovese, Persimmon, Purple Prince, Cherokee Purple and Amana Orange. Even if I don’t end up growing these varieties again, at [...]

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More Preservation

October 1, 2006

A lot of time on the weekends lately seems to be devoted to preserving whatever I can out of the garden. Yesterday I put up a batch of peppers, a combination of sweet yellow banana peppers and jalapenos. I got six 500 mL jars. We plan to eat them on sandwiches, hamburgers, pizza and nachos [...]

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Harvesting Herbs

September 25, 2006

Spent some time harvesting herbs today and over the weekend. Clipped the cinnamon, anise and purple basil and hung them to dry in the doorways of the kitchen. They’re coming along. Strung up the 5-colour Chinese hot pepper in the kitchen window to dry, too. Today I cut back the purple sage and cleaned some [...]

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