An Unintended 'Sweet' Treat

under developed walla-walla onions

Our walla-walla onions were planted directly in the soil from seeds this year and never developed bulbs.  Not wanting to just waste the large green onions that grew, I sliced and diced the tops and dried them in my dehydrator (oven).  They came out crispy, bright green, and have the characteristic sweetness familiar to their famed  name-sake bulb onions.  This treat will make a good topper on baked potatoes this winter; I'm thankful the frost didn't take them :)

An Awakening

Nearing the end of gardening season.

Storing (drying) food for winter's use.

... is slowly taking place in the western world.  Perhaps from shoddy goods, a desire for better health, knowledge of big ag's poisonous onslaught, enlightenment of how our food is produced, a desire for REAL FOOD, these and many more reasons (economic) people are sharpening their gardening 'tools' and rethinking how to live a better life.  A life apart from the entanglement of BIG BOX companies that produce FAKE FOOD.  Food that robs the very life from a person's health at the cost of the all mighty buck.  Well .. the buck stops here with my family.  We need to educate and nurture our loved ones back into the 'fold' with good food .. not just served up at the table on a Sunday afternoon .. but how to make better choices when eating and living each day .. even in this fast paced, out of control work system many of us are in.  Standing together, we CAN knit our families a better future; are you game?

Harvest 2010

This is a list for my records to use as a reference for next year:

• 18 pounds green beans
• 30 pounds potatoes
• 7 quarts Swiss chard (for freezer)
• 8 quarts raspberries
• 20+ pounds rhubarb
• 10 pounds sugar snap peas
• 1 quart dried thyme
• 1/2 cup dried lime thyme
• 1/2 cup dried tarragon
• strawberries (June) 1/2 pound
• 3/4 pound radish
• 28 heads red sails lettuce
• 1-1/2 cups blueberries
• 1 cup dried oregano
• 30+ pounds red and Yukon gold potatoes
• 55 onions
• 15 heads of cabbage (what was I thinking;)