Comments on: Garden Chat in August

By: Using a Secret Ingredient When Cooking Dinner for Beet Enchiladas â€” Reluctant Entertainer

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:02:54 +0000

[…] weekend my husband and I worked long, hard, hot hours in the yard and garden. We harvested beets, cooked them in the pressure cooker, and when it came time to cook dinner a couple days later, […]

By: Susan (Between Naps on the Porch)

Susan (Between Naps on the Porch) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:58:07 +0000

Sandy, I wish I had a sunny enough spot for a garden. Too many trees out back and something tells me my neighbors might not like a veggie garden out front. Maybe I can disguise it. :)
Lots of good eat’n going on at your home!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:38:10 +0000

I’m looking forward to next year when I have a garden again. I really missed not having one this year, so I am determined to have one next year!! Your harvest and plants look awesome!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:17:20 +0000

Well, we out our garden in late this year (due to a family wedding that consumed all our time!), and so far we’ve only really harvested cucumbers and yellow squash. Still waiting -not very patiently- for my tomatoes to start ripening, and the peppers to get their groove on! Also on the horizon: eggplant and zucchini! Can’t wait! Oh, and I’m determined to get a fall crop in this year (we always say we will and never do). Hopefully lettuce, spinach, and sugar snap peas. What will you plant for fall?

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:02:00 +0000

It is absolutely commitment and work, and well worth it! Your garden looks lovely! For me, August is all about peaches and concord grapes. I don’t can anything, just love the flavors as they remind me of my childhood. :)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:47:40 +0000

It looks so pretty! It has been so hot and dry in the south that our’s is shriveling up. We really have to stay up on the watering. We have been blessed with cucumbers and tomatoes in spite of it all. =)

In a future blog post, could you please offer some tips on enjoying activities like gardening and still entertain, keep house and blogging. I seem to let one thing consume me and lose track of everything else.

Thank you for the inspiration,
Jennifer

By: Alison @ Ingredients, Inc.

Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:23:29 +0000

wow that is absolutely amazing! fantastic! What a huge commitment. I am now inspired

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:20:46 +0000

Sandy,
We planted our first garden this year, all inspired by your blog. Our kids have loved seeing what comes up and we are patiently waiting for tomatoes to turn red in Colorado too. We also joined a CSA this year and it has been fun trying veggies we don’t normally buy. I was wondering what are your favorite recipes for swiss chard and beets? I have looked on-line for recipes and their are a gajillion, we have made most of your recipes from your book/blog and they are all delicious so I’m thinking whatever you do with them must be yummy. :) We made your pear vanilla french toast this weekend~oh my~heaven on earth and not a crumb of it left.
Your sister in gardening ;)
Becky

By: Bev Weidner

Bev Weidner — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:28:48 +0000

Sandy, you and I would just have a TIME chitty chat chatting about our gardens, canning, decorating and cooking. Why don’t we live closer?

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:59:11 +0000

Wow everything is so lush and pretty. You must not live where it has been 105…108 expected today. We’re melting!!