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Harvesting Onions

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Onions take a long time to grow, but when it comes time for harvesting onions, it's incredibly satisfying, and worth the wait. Here in Southern California we plant onions by seed in the fall, or by "sets" in spring.  By the middle of summer, those sets and seeds have turned into full-blown onions that actually resemble something you'd buy in the supermarket. It's amazing! In late March, someone gifted us with their leftover onion sets. These are not the tiny…

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Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes

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It's harvest time for tomatoes, whether they be determinate or indeterminate. These orbs of delight are the quintessential summer fruit and we're picking them daily. We planted early this year (quite possibly a mistake since we now have blight...but then again, we get blight every year, so I give up). We grew 18 different varieties this year, all heirlooms, all gorgeous. Here's a little tomato parade for 2014: Our first time growing these successfully. Can't wait to make sauce. Jaune…

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Black Dakota Popping Corn

Harvesting Black Dakota Popping Corn

Continue ReadingHarvesting Black Dakota Popping Corn

This spring we experimented with growing heirloom Black Dakota popping corn. It's a beautiful, deep red, pointy popping corn that pops white. We couldn't resist the opportunity to plant this ancestral corn and load up on one of our favorite snacks. Growing popcorn is easy because you don't have to time it out to pick it during the milk stage. You just grow it and let it dry on the stalk. That's it. To learn more details about growing popcorn…

Read more about the article Recipe: Garden-Fresh Fruit Leather
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Recipe: Garden-Fresh Fruit Leather

Continue ReadingRecipe: Garden-Fresh Fruit Leather

Preserving the harvest was never so fun as when making fruit leather. It's simple and easy and is far better for you than the sugar-laden stuff you get from the store. Kids love it, and grown ups do it. Here's our first attempt at making two different kinds. We use our solar food dryer as much as possible during the summer, and this was the perfect experiment to try outdoors. If you don't have one, you can make fruit leather…

Read more about the article Recipe: Provolone & Leek Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Try adding tomato for an even more savory experience

Recipe: Provolone & Leek Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Continue ReadingRecipe: Provolone & Leek Grilled Cheese Sandwich

We're up to our ears in leeks right now. We've made the giant vat of potato leek soup. We've dehydrated 3 jars worth of leeks for use in eggs and soups later on. Now what? Well, when we found this recipe for Provolone and Leek Greens on Country Sourdough, our inner 4-year-old jumped up and said, "YES!" We strive for extravagance here at Gardenerd, so we went full tilt on the melted butter and went a step above country sourdough…

Read more about the article Recipe: Indian Summer Succotash
We used Cocozelle Italian zucchini - cool stripes!

Recipe: Indian Summer Succotash

Continue ReadingRecipe: Indian Summer Succotash

It's zucchini time, and if your garden is "overproducing" zucchini like ours is, this one is for you. It's a quick dish that takes 30 minutes or fewer, and uses home grown ingredients. Succotash is traditionally something that features corn and a type of bean, but this one is bean-free, and highlights the fresh-tasting flavors of the summer garden. We used zucchini, garlic, lemon juice, mint and tomatoes from the garden. The rest of the ingredients came from the store.…

Read more about the article Growing Food in Growing Cities

Growing Food in Growing Cities

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Every once in a while, we get to promote projects we think bring awareness to subjects we cover here at Gardenerd. Today's guest blogger has created a documentary film that explores one of our favorite subjects: urban farming. Meet Dan Susman, Director of Growing Cities. Dan has lived, breathed, and eaten urban agriculture over the past three years making Growing Cities. He has visited countless urban farms and food projects across the country, and worked with many leaders in the…

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