Duluth Cottage Kitchen

spent time in the kitchen got to put the new jars to use

those who know me, know I am not a flower person, but I love my pollinators, especially my bumblebees. plus marigold have a number of positive side effects on other insects and nematodes, friend and foe they seem to be the-last-flower-standing in my garden too bad pictures do not do their glow at last light any justice... at least they can show you my tired bumblebees cuddling up for the night See more

neighbors, same as last year: if you do not have your own compost pile but want to save your Halloween decoration or in a few weeks your Thanksgiving deco from the landfill, feel free to throw your pumpkins, corn stalks ... on my piles if you do not want to buy yard wast bags for your leaves, ... you are welcomed to dump them on my compost piles, too See more

good morning, on my way to Suwanee got the last of the shishito peppers with me and some Fuju persimmon, baby kale, baby collards, baby arugula ... and my very first corn salad of the season See more

Robert, be proud of me, please by far not done, but I have ample time before the gentleman grinding the stumps will come

interesting coincidence: Last year I made some fermented green hot sauce and my husband did not like it, it was too shallow, hot but bland, the poor sauce spent all year in a corner of my fridge. Just now it was reevaluated as quite good. and I have a lot of hot peppers, mostly Serrano plus some Cayenne, Saed and Habanero. the conclusion... I just started a half gallon Serrano hot sauce and a half gallon Cayenne & Saed if you want to make your own, fermented hot sauce does take much more patience than kitchen skills https://www.feastingathome.com/fermented-hot-sauce-simple-/ if you search the web you will find a plethora of recipes if you did not grow your own, my hot peppers are still producing, Serrano only or mixed as they come $12/lb while supplies last

HeeHaw! my roselle finally set on flower buds not long before I can harvest calyces for tea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_tea mama keeps telling the story of me, as preteen, running 3 blocks to grandma to tell her "just imagine, they wanted me to drink RED TEA for breakfast RED TEA!... well now I love tangy red tea, iced or hot check out the 2nd picture, that is a green variety of roselle, man am I curious about greenish 'red tea' all of my culinary friends, this also means the end of gongura leaves is near, if you want to indulge some more or if you want to stock up on blanched, frozen gongura, now is the time to do so before too long my plants will die, the next generation will not produce much before the summer gets hot next year https://www.vahrehvah.com/searchrecipe?recipe_name=gongura

Friday evening again I have a little more pineapple guava aka feijoa, this will most likely be the last week with plenty shishito peppers, Cuban oregano and malabar spinach... good news for next week: corn salad started to actually grow and my roselle set on flower buds cya tomorrow at Suwanee town green

sorry I was so quiet this whole week, but somehow my days don't seem to have 24 hours we planted more guavas and figs good lord, the next step up from my 'soil' would be steel enforced concrete so it took a little longer than planned, to dig 6 decent size holes and haul compost and garden soil, trying to make my new babies happy

shoot! Friday again and my helper is in Texas but all's well that ends well found things to harvest, ... found time to wash and pack even found time for flowers before the light went out in the garden this will be my only week at Suwanee Market with an abundance of feijoa check it out at https://specialtyproduce.com/prod/pineapple_guavas_9508.php cya tomorrow at Suwanee town green

the other day I said to myself: next time I have some fresh hardwood, I should inoculate with more golden oyster spawn somebody upstairs must have listened and then overdid as so often lately guess this is a bit unhandy for growing mushrooms on/in

found this poor fellow walking home from downtown

Friday again! who would have guessed, there were quite some green shishito peppers to harvest, malabar spinach and gongura, hot peppers, green garlic and arugula new this week: first baby chard, baby collards, leafy lettuce ... and pineapple guavas see you at Suwanee Farmers Market tomorrow

no, I no longer care to harvest but I will sell you plants, if you want to grow your own goji berries