Summer Round-Up: The Best (and Worst) of the Rest

Phew.  After posts detailing my garden’s tomatoes, root vegetables, nightshades and cucurbits, I am finally ready to close the loop on my summer round-up.  The remaining vegetables are mostly brassicas and herbs, with a few other randoms in the mix. Collard Greens: I got one good harvest of collards early in the summer, which my [...]

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Sunday Photos: A Rainbow of Peppers

Vendors at the Dupont Circle farmers market often make dazzling displays of their produce.  Deep red cherries carpeting an entire table, baskets overflowing with green spinach, and gleaming piles of purple eggplants are common sights.  But faced with the sheer diversity of peppers present in this region in August, a mono-color display seems to be [...]

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Summer Round-Up: Nightshades and Cucurbits

Alright, so I’ve reviewed all my tomatoes and all my root vegetables for the year.  And yet there are STILL too many veggies left for one more post.  I’ll start with the remaining members of the nightshade family, then move on to cucurbits.  Tomorrow I’ll finish up with brassicas and herbs. Señorita Jalapeño Peppers: All [...]

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Summer Round-Up: Root Vegetables

Yesterday I reviewed all the tomatoes I grew this year, and yet there are still so many other veggies that I can’t possible fit the remainder into one post.  So today I’ll tackle all the root vegetables. I’ll start with the alliums and move on to beets and carrots and potatoes. Cipollini Onions: These have [...]

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Summer Round-Up: Tomatoes

There were too many vegetables in my garden to squeeze into one summary, so I’m starting off by taking a look back at my many tomato varieties. What worked? What failed? This assessment will help me when I start thinking about varieties to plant next year. Dr. Carolyn Yellow Cherry: This heirloom cherry tomato was [...]

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One Week Reminder…

Eat deservedly famous truffle fries and drink delicious wine with food bloggers at Poste, one week from today. We’ve got participation from all over the DC blog scene: Arugula Files, ModernDomestic, Internet Food Association, Capital Spice, Beets and Bonbons, The Indoor Garden(er), DC Blogs, and many many more who have piped up in comment sections [...]

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