Fall Evening Posted by Idaho Girl , Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:17 PM, in Labels: Autumn, Fall, garden, leaves

A couple photos taken as I gathered leaves, enjoyed the crisp fall air, gathered the last of my garden items, and observed the moon riding in a clear autumn sky.

Digging up the last of my onions.

Almost buried under the leaves!!

Enjoying the crisp cool air and noticing the few leaves left hanging onto the tree branches.

Looking up through the leaves at the moon and you can almost FEEL winter coming!!!

While gathering leaves, I found this pretty little monarch who didn't get out of town before the cold and he must've froze to death.

Couldn't resist getting a shot of his beautiful colors, even though he wasn't alive.

October Harvest Posted by Idaho Girl , Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM, in Labels: garden, potatoes

The cold temperatures have pretty much wiped out the garden plants and it was time to dig up the potatoes to share and store for use during the winter.

Where they were....

What was left of the peppers; strung up to dry.

September means FOOD!!!! Posted by Idaho Girl , Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 3:29 PM, in Labels: evening, garden, spider

More garden goodies!!

The garden spider is still at home in my tomatillos.

Summer evening and a gorgeous sky!

Back to canning!

Spider is up to something!!!

Taking my daughter for a walk in the lovely evening!

Peaceful Evening and Garden Update Posted by Idaho Girl , Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:00 AM, in Labels: garden, moon

Beginning of September and sitting outside in the evenings is something to look forward to every day! Seeing the garden alive and well is also exciting!

A friend has come to visit my garden.

Me...

End of August Garden Posted by Idaho Girl , Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 5:39 PM, in Labels: garden, peppers, salsa, tomatoes

It's the end of August and it is time to start making salsa. The tomatoes and peppers are coming faster than I can keep up with them now.

Jalapenos

The yellow sweet peppers are coming faster than I can get them canned.

Been noticing that the damn grasshoppers have been enjoying my garden too. Can you see the grasshopper hiding in this picture?

These are my pepperoncini plants.

And my New Mexico chili peppers.

The Romas are turning red now too.

Fresh salsa....here we come!!!

Crookneck squash and Buttercup squash.

Processing the Garden Goods Posted by Idaho Girl , Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM, in Labels: beans, canning, cucumbers, garden

Decided to mix my yellow wax beans with my green beans for pickling and canning. I shared my process and photos on the OssBank blog here.

Cucumbers are coming along and ready to eat and start canning.

Amazing how some things still grow in this hard, nasty, clay soil! But grow they do!

As soon as these Roma Tomatoes turn red, I will be trying to keep up with canning salsa!

Spaghetti squash is ready and I fixed one just the way I like!!

Learned today that I am growing an edible weed!!! These little succulents are abounding in the garden. This is common Purslane, also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed, or Pusley. This plant may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia, and Mexico. The stems, leaves and flower buds are all edible. Purslane may be used fresh as a salad, stir-fried, or cooked as spinach is, and because of its mucilaginous quality it also is suitable for soups and stews.
More on Purslane.

In this picture it is coming up amongst the ivy.

And here it is by the squash plants. It is actually everywhere, I just didn't realize it was edible and I pull it when I weed and trash it.

From plant.....

....to can! These yummy sweet yellow peppers are excellent on sandwiches and in salads!