Updating garden experiments... [View all]
Beautiful day in Northern Michigan, chores done some season’s coming to a close only leading to another…great times.
Straw bales are going to be a thing from now on…amazing quick raised beds. Acorn Squash and zucchini did great but I think I’d lower the profile of the bale, short side top. Adding a few bales on the west side of the greenhouse for lettuce. Bales are awesome for lettuce, no dirty leaves, easy to harvest height, easy succession planting.
Last year’s Acorn squash seeds gave us a very, very, very diversified harvest. Some yet to mature to see what the heck they are but others we thought were inedible BUT got a great surprise.
The beds intersected last year… Acorn and zucchini, well they fell in love and under the leaves unimaginable unions took place unbeknownst to all but the participants. The seeds from the very delicious Acorn were “tainted” with zucchini DNA. Hey 2na the next is dedicated to you, lol!
Gardeners do as gardeners do and a lot of that is talk, a lot, well lots. Unless it’s Fred’s lot then it’s what to do…oh never mind.
Well found out what to do with inedible squash…squash flour…yes you saw that…flour. Not flower, FLOUR. Gluten free…I personally don’t care about that but some do.
Grate the squash, dehydrate, pulverize…FLOUR! Take about 2 pounds of squash to make a couple cups of flour or more.
Mom granted us a bumper harvest of tomatoes…the greenhouse helped a lot too. Outside we grew Roma’s for saucing it’ll keep us through the next spring. But the little tomatoes that were in the greenhouse…some were smaller than a golf ball. What to do…what to do…AHH…TOMATO JAM!
I forgot how freaking delicious it is.
At lunch we normally eat what we call a vegcuterie plate. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, various cheeses, crackers or flatbread. Last week I made a white bean/lemon/fresh oregano/ fresh garlic dip. It needed time to marry the flavors.
Today we added the jam, instead of fresh tomatoes, plus the dip. Best lunch of the season!
So although mores coming’s so far it been great!
= new reply since forum marked as read