Tag Archives: harvest

Bounty

Posted on August 23, 2015 by jyourist

This was harvested from our garden today. Several varieties of heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and lots of yukon potatoes. Tonight we ate some of this produce in our salad for dinner. Delicious. Actually, I have been gone for four days and … Continue reading →

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Just bury the half-eaten tomato

Posted on August 2, 2014 by jyourist

It happens every year. The squirrels start to eat the tomatoes before they have ripened. I’m really OK about animals sharing our garden harvest as long as they don’t wipe it out. Last year the rabbits ate every last shred of arugula and … Continue reading →

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s “Summer”

Posted on July 22, 2014 by jyourist

Presently in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, this painting of “Summer” is from Arcimboldo’s original Four Seasons, painted in 1563. This is the only version with both the artist’s name and the date “woven” into the collar and shoulder of the … Continue reading →

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Garden reciprocity

Posted on May 26, 2014 by jyourist

  To the left is the list so far of what we have added to the back garden this summer. We’re not quite finished yet, but have accomplished a lot these last two weekends. Tending to this garden is a … Continue reading →

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Friday morning harvest

Posted on August 16, 2013 by jyourist

Walking through the eye level anise hyssop (my eye level) profuse with visiting bees and butterflies, negotiating space through the flopping tomato plants weighted down by the fruits of their abundance (the plants leaning against each other for support), removing … Continue reading →

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Beating the frost: the last harvest

Posted on October 6, 2012 by jyourist

green tomato sunomono fried green tomatoes relish, salsa, and chutney some will even make it as red for Thanksgiving (once two made it to New Year’s) stretching and savoring the harvest as far as we can

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All kinds of harvest here…

Posted on October 13, 2011 by jyourist

JB’s retirement has brought all sorts of delicious perks to our relationship, especially the enthusiastically prepared new recipes he has been making for dinner lately. What a treat to come home to some new healthy gourmet creation after an intense … Continue reading →

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