Vegetables 
SQUASHLAND(110)
Time for our readers to weigh in! If you can GUESS the weight of the squash stockpile on this here table you could win a 2012 LITTLE HOMESTEAD IN THE CITY calendar.
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HOMEGROWN POTATOES
Time to harvest our Po-ta-Toes!
Here in So Cal, where we have a to be desired growing season, started the potatoes back in December.
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HOMEGROWN TOMATOES
Nothing says summer like homegrown tomatoes – eat ‘em raw with a bit of salt. Bliss! Tomatoes have a right to have an entire post of their own don’t you think?
(17) FARMING IN THE CITY
Our local paper reported that it was colder the first week in July than January. That’s crazy! The unseasonably cool weather did not help the tomatoes out – it hurt them.
(22) GREEN BEANS!
There’s green beans in the garden (and clean clothes on the line!) Summer is here and so are scrumptious vegetables that we’ve eagerly anticipated for nearly 1/2 a year. After so long, isn’t it just a blessings to sit down and devour a heaping plate of green beans slather in butter. MMMMM Ms Fairlight, our [...]
(7) TOWER OF “PEA-SA”
Well, these towers ain’t leaning that’s for sure, but can you believe these peas are the Dwarf Gray Sugar Snow Peas that grow to the height of 3 feet! No kidding! Yeah, what’s with that? Farmer Justin’s magic, green thumb, improved soil conditions, the rains, stars? Whatever it is these peas sure aren’t dwarf. The [...]
(12) CABBAGE HEAD HOMESTEADERS
Remember those cabbage patch dolls? Well, I do! All the girls my age had to have them and my grandma got me one waaaay back when. But here on the urban homestead, thanks to our farmers here, we have (er modeled) our very own “homegrown” version. As you can tell, we don’t have cable…. so [...]
(15) AUGUST GARDEN & HARVEST
Feels like Fall! No, kidding, it truly does! August (so far) is turning out to be nice. In fact, it’s downright pleasant — very cool in the morning and evenings. Pleasant is such an odd word to describe the weather in August no doubt. We can’t predict the weather and us mere mortals have really [...]
(6) FROM OUR GARDEN
… to our table Don’t you just love the feeling when you get when you harvest root vegetables. It’s a magical surprise everytime since what lies underneath is hidden till you pull!. When it comes to harvesting, I really like our wire veggie baskets – especially when it comes to harvesting root crops. I am able to [...]
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