Comments on: Our first fresh veggies from the garden!

By: Whitney - Composting Garden Blog

Whitney - Composting Garden Blog — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:08:55 +0000

Sounds as if you guys have a great project going, I am glad to see your teaching your children how to garden, thats great! I always try to get people to teach their kids to garden, it really gives them a life long skill and a better chance at succeeding in life.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:07:27 +0000

A good soup for cabbage is Borscht. It also uses beets and you can make it with meat or not. Just google it for all kinds of recipes.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:53:27 +0000

Good job Gibble Guy! And you are teaching your kids new things, even better!!

Beautiful, beautiful garden. Squash looks yummy!!!

I don’t have the patience to wait for things to grow so I like to help by doing the weeding. I like the instant results.

By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad.com

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:53:43 +0000

I get antsy for the results too. I have dozens of little tomatoes forming– can’t wait.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:31:19 +0000

Byootiful!!! And what outstanding squash.

In these parts, my veggies are frying, all right: in 115-degree heat. I doubt if even the squash will make it through July, despite daily watering.

About the spinach: interestingly, the chard is surviving our blast-furnace effect! That suggests it would do fine during the summer in greener climes. Anything you can do with spinach, you can do with chard–great way to keep greens going year-round.

Craving greens, I got one of those hydroponic heads of butter lettuce from the grocery store. Having learned in the past that you can often get these to grow in your garden after you’ve eaten half or three-quarters of the leaves, I stuck the thing in a pot and parked it beneath the kitchen skylight. So far, it’s still alive. Maybe it won’t bolt to seed if it can grow indoors.

{heee!} Compost made from plastic leaves is to put on the plastic plants. Makes sense to me!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:10:18 +0000

Gorgeous garden! I adore cabbage too – love the pork fat, and throw in a sprinkle of red pepper flakes, and some garlic too. Mmmm.

By: Tyler@FrugallyGreen

Tyler@FrugallyGreen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:39:14 +0000

No story about gardening here as I’m just not into it (my roommate is), but I decided to start composting a few months ago and it’s actually quite a lot of fun, I think, watching the scraps you put into it break down into soil. I decided that a basic compost bin wasn’t going to be good enough for me, and built this big ridiculous tumbler out of lumber and a 55 gal. plastic barrel. $75 later I realize that a basic box would have been much cheaper and probably just as, if not more, functional. Lesson learned!

By: JerryB

JerryB — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:51:15 +0000

MMMmmm, fried cabbage. Pork fat rules. Your recipe does need a couple grinds of black pepper and a minced clove (or ten) of garlic.

Try growing some Swiss Chard where the spinach is. It not only has edible leaves that you can pick young and tender, it’s part of the beetroot family for the fall.

Although it wont be a large plot, you can always build a small greenhouse on top of your compost bins and have a warm enough temp to grow salad greens during the winter.

By: South Texas

South Texas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:55:43 +0000

We like to use shredded cabbage instead of noodles in soups.

We always have an abundance of cucumbers and they go bad. This year I have learned how to make raspberry jam, and am hoping I can learn to make pickles!

By: Miss T

Miss T — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:18:34 +0000

The fried cabbage is one of our family faves – I actually saw Paula Deen doing a similar recipe – in addition to the bacon there is corned beef as well. We LOVE this recipe – it makes a ton and it’s very inexpensive!

Try the recipe – it is good!!!