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India

  • Shopping for a Saree in South India
  • A Cook’s Tour of a Farm in Southern India (India, Part 5)
  • Room with a View: the Taj Mahal in Agra (India, Part 4)
  • A Stepwell, Parcheesi, Brick-Making, and Chapati-Making (India, Part 3)
  • How to Block Print Fabrics (India, Part 2)
  • Cooking 35,000 Meals a Day in a Sikh Kitchen in Delhi (India, Part 1)

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Plant Sex 101. On the right is the male flower. In the middle is the female flower. You can tell the difference because the female flower has an immature fruit on its base. That miniature fruit is actually an OVARY. The flowers are open for 4-6 hours in the morning before they shrivel up, never to reopen again. Meanwhile, every morning, bees come buzzing around looking for food and as they do they inadvertently transfer male sex cells, the yellow pollen, onto the female sex parts. If pollination happens, those cells in the ovary mature into a full-sized fruit. Hard to digest when you think that every vegetable you eat is an ovary with seeds in it. Nature doesn’t care if we like our vegetables. She is just interested in reproduction, a plant’s only job.
TMI? This morning, as I was cleaning out the back garden, I pulled out the Scalloped Yellow Squash because of a huge infestation of squash vine borer larvae. Orange and black clearwing moths lay the eggs at the base of the plant in late spring. The eggs hatch and the larvae feast on the interior wall of the base of the main stem. The larvae leave tell-tale rust colored droppings. I’d never seen the borer -- until today when my curiosity got the best of me. Cool? Gross? BTW, I do have a most delicious recipe for roasted patty pan scalloped squash on the blog. #squashvineborer #clearwingmoth #backyardgarden #backyardfarm #insects #squash #pattypan #organic #sustainablefarming
Journey to the Heart by @authormelodybeattie . For a special someone. ❌⭕️
Yesterday, I cleaned up the lower garden. I pulled the last of the spring crops and harvested lots of veggies. I found some injured zucchini stems and ”bandaged” them by smothering them in a mound of dirt (3rd and 4th pics). I do the same thing when I see split stems created by squash borers. It works! BTW, a good way to catch squash borers is to put a plank of wood in the garden. They’ll crawl under it and voila, you’ll catch the culprits. #backyardfarm #youcandoit #zucchini #tomatoes #onions #carrots #chard #beans #basil #parsley #grapes * * * * * #urbanfarmer #kitchengarden #raisedbeds #raisedbedgardening #ihatechiggers
So happy to see my old friend, Mariah, selling homemade vegan soul food bowls at The Richland Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. She also caters. Her business is called The Radical Rabbit. Check out her beautiful website and Instagram page @radicalrabbit_
A happy and creative day in the kitchen after a bountiful backyard harvest: Bread and Butter Pickles, String Beans with Gremolata, Blackberry Cobbler, Salt and Vinegar Smashed Potatoes and Roasted Zucchini with Garlic, @judyschickens Marinara Sauce. #eatyourveggies #youcandoit * * * * #urbanfarming #growyourownfood #vegetablegardening #ediblegarden #lovewhatyoudo #sustainablefarming #organicgardening #foodgloriousfood #mysouthernliving #howtogarden #ediblelandscaping #gardentips #healthylifestyle #healthyfood #mybhg #gardenandgun #cherokeepurple #marinarasauce #stringbeans #gremolata #blackberrycobbler #pickles #breadandbutterpickles #smashedpotatoes #newpotatoes #zucchini #pattypansquash #dill
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