View this post on Instagram Black chickpea harvest time! #communitygarden #growyourown #sustainable A post shared by Amie Watson (@misswattson) on Aug 12, 2020 at 8:59am PDT Have you ever eaten chickpeas? Probably. Have you ever grown chickpeas, though? Unless … [Read more...] about Harvesting my First Black Chickpeas
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Garden Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette (and How to Not Kill Your Tomatoes)
A few weeks ago when I wrote about Victory Gardens, I included a photo of my freshly planted tomato seedlings in my community garden plot. They were so small and cute and I gushed about them, as I imagine a mother would about her children (though clearly tomatoes are a better … [Read more...] about Garden Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette (and How to Not Kill Your Tomatoes)
Arugula: My Garden’s First Bountiful, Nibbled-On Harvest (plus lots of recipes)
I've been pruning my basil plants. That means pinching off the little suckers (that's actually the name of the new leaves that try to come along where big leaves are already trying to grow. You pinch them off to encourage large leaf growth) and the flowers (same justification). … [Read more...] about Arugula: My Garden’s First Bountiful, Nibbled-On Harvest (plus lots of recipes)