garden@home » Uncategorized http://jaredandamy.com/garden Doing what I can with my little patch of earth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Melons! http://jaredandamy.com/garden/2009/11/13/melons/ http://jaredandamy.com/garden/2009/11/13/melons/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:03:20 +0000 amy http://jaredandamy.com/garden/?p=1488 My parents grow large, tasty, numerous melons.  I grow nothing of the sort.  Of course, they live in Idaho and have gloriously long, hot summers and I live in the Willamette Valley (mild summers, mild winters and a whole lot of rain).  FINALLY, (after years of futility) I was successful in my mission to grow melons.  Not in my own garden mind you, but at least I did plant the seeds.  So it isn’t me (I hope).  These lovelies (I think they are lambkins but I didn’t tag them well so I’m really not sure) grew in the community garden and they were delicious!  Too bad I harvested them a little late (around October 1st) so they were a little mushy.  And yep, these are the only two.  But they were still worth it because they gave me hope.  And hope gives you… melons (hey, its my story and I can tell it how I want).IMG_5688

]]> http://jaredandamy.com/garden/2009/11/13/melons/feed/ 0 What to do with Leeks? http://jaredandamy.com/garden/2009/06/04/what-to-do-with-leeks/ http://jaredandamy.com/garden/2009/06/04/what-to-do-with-leeks/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:27:28 +0000 amy http://jaredandamy.com/garden/?p=5 What would you do if you were faced with an enormous quantity of leeks?  I have pounds and pounds of them.  They seem to grow everywhere, in my yard, in my veggie garden, in the flowerbeds…and they multiply!!  I cannot ever imagine using all of them (or even most of them!).

I’d love to know any of your favorite ways to use them. You’re welcome to leave recipe links from your own blog in the comments section. Thanks for the help!

I tried a leek/arugula soup today.  It was ok, but bland.  I’ve made leek tarts, which I liked but the rest of the household wasn’t crazy about them.  Of course I’ll try a leek and potato soup.  After that, I’m out of ideas!

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This is a view of our street yesterday. And today there was even more snow.  This does NOT happen here.  Thanks global warming ;D

And the ruling (or ahem, ruler) is… 13 and 1/2 inches.  Woohoo!!

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