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Bitter Cukes and Bandits

14 Saturday Jun 2014

Posted by Jessica Y in Garden

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bitter cucumbers, critters, cucumbers, garden, gardening, summer garden, sustainable food, sustainable living

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If you have ever grown cucumbers I can bet you have been unlucky enough to bite into the awfulness of one gone bitter. I have planted my cucumbers in succession this year. The first bunch is thriving – vigorous, green vines setting lots of fruit. I harvested the first two cucumbers earlier in the week and sliced one up as soon as I got it in the kitchen only to immediately spit it right out. There is something especially horrible about a bitter cucumber. For me I think it has to do with the stark contrast between that and a good cucumber’s mild flavor. Continue reading →

Not Quite Fall

08 Saturday Sep 2012

Posted by Jessica Y in Garden

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cucumbers, fall garden, garden, gardening, peppers, sustainable food, sustainable living, winter garden, winter squash

If one was trapped in a windowless room with a connection to the gardening blogosphere as their only outlet to the world outside, they would know that fall (and spring) is just around the corner. Gardening bloggers around the northern hemisphere are dropping hints that the weather is about to change abruptly: cooler nights, harvesting things just in time, savoring the last of the summer bounty.

Here, in Southern California, I straddle two mind sets. The mother and social parts of me have to prepare for at least another month of very warm temperatures and the possibility of another heat wave. No matter what the calendars say, it is still really summer, even after September 21. The gardener part of me, though, is keenly aware that fall is upon us. Continue reading →

Me!? A Garden Journal?

14 Saturday Jul 2012

Posted by Jessica Y in Garden

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cucumbers, eggplant, garden, garden journal, gardening, seedlings

I have heard of that thing called a gardening journal, but never even pretended that I would keep one. That is, until now. I am not good with remembering to keep up with details, dates planted, variety, where, outcome, etc. But now, that I am paying more attention, I am wishing I had started one in March.

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