NOMAD DREAMING

kaydee777

Aug 10, 20211 min read

Jardin de Colores

I never get tired of the vivid colours from the garden. It’s not just the harvest. A volunteer Tithonia inserted itself, unnoticed, in...

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kaydee777

Aug 5, 20211 min read

A first vegan cheese

One of my kitchen alchemy projects this week: dipping my toe into the world of vegan cheese making with a super simple vegan...

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kaydee777

Aug 3, 20211 min read

Overflowing With Abundance

Today’s harvest: piles of eggplant, a handful of sweet Gypsy peppers, green beans, cowpeas, Cape gooseberries, Jing okra, and the first...

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kaydee777

Aug 2, 20211 min read

Autumn Harvest

Cowpeas ready for shelling and Jing orange okra also came in from the garden today. #6thavenueshala

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kaydee777

Aug 2, 20211 min read

Transformation aka Kitchen Alchemy

Today’s harvest of heirloom Fresno (hot) green chile peppers, yellow onions, and a few scuzzy tomatoes (I think the prolonged, excessive...

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kaydee777

Aug 2, 20211 min read

At the waterhole

Neighbourhood felines are thirsty. Almost every day I spot a variety of them prowling the jungle of the lush August undergrowth, availing...

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

A rose by any other name

First bunch of sweet little green grapes harvested today. I’ve been waiting for this bunch to turn black because I thought I had planted...

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Kitchen Alchemy

Sunday savory brunch on the cooling rack: vegan, gf veggie patties : a mix of cooked and puréed green split peas, rolled oats, leftover...

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Taste of India

Spied a few swelling little Madhu Ras Rajasthani honey melons the other night. My first time growing this heirloom, open pollinated...

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Take me to the river/drop me in the water

kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Take me to the river/drop me in the water

Flowing in from the garden these days: a river of San Marzano, yellow grape and cherry tomatoes, Havasu, Fresno green and Thai hot chile...

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Make like a squirrel

Black cherry stained fingertips after preparing 6-7 lbs of sweet cherries for the dehydrator. Preserving what’s in season is an offshoot...

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Scarlet

Scarlet Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) have buds at last. I expected these vines to be more vigorous but they are struggling a bit....

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Garden to Table

The gem squash vine is covered in brilliant orange flowers and swelling squash. Have begun harvesting them along with milk stage Indian...

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kaydee777

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Saving summer’s flavors

Jars of tomato sauce are mounting up in the pantry. Squirreling the harvest to be enjoyed in winter, when this generosity of tomatoes,...

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kaydee777

Jul 21, 20211 min read

Counting my beans

Starting to fill the dried legumes and pulse jars in the pantry again. This morning the Milagro bean field offered some ready to shell...

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kaydee777

Jul 19, 20211 min read

Buddha Bowl

Didn’t find a ripe eggplant in my living pantry, but I did find a good handful of green beans ready for harvest. Main meal today is...

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kaydee777

Jul 19, 20211 min read

Spicy

So much spicy chile heat coming in from the garden in the mornings now. Cayenne peppers will be dried for grinding into pepper flakes....

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kaydee777

Jul 19, 20211 min read

Garlic and honey

Spent a happy few hours recently grading my over 27 pounds of Inchelium Red heirloom garlic which was harvested late May and has been...

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Root down and rise up: yoga of germination

kaydee777

Jul 19, 20211 min read

Root down and rise up: yoga of germination

The tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) I am growing as a partner gardener for Native Seed Search are beginning to germinate by July 5th:...

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kaydee777

Jul 19, 20211 min read

Rainbows end in my garden, on my plate

Today’s main meal is largely from the garden: orange and burgundy okra, eggplant, Fresno heirloom hot chile, tomatoes, basil, onion,...

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