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  1. #KitchenGarden #Harvest is coming in.

    We've got green beans coming out our ears! (This blanched batch is ready to be frozen)

    Anyone have any good #GreenBean recipes?

    #cooking #recipe #recipes #gardening

  2. The 11 year old found a #startrek phaser pistol when he was harvesting the #marketmore #cucumbers

    He then proceeded to shoot us all with it ... "pew pew pew"

    #gardening #kitchenGarden #vegetableGarden

  3. Has anyone tried starting "Good King Henry" (Blitum bonus-henricus) from seed with success?

    I got some seeds and put them in a pot weeks ago without anything sprouting.

    Any tips I'm missing?

    #GoodKingHenry #Gardening #HerbGarden #KitchenGarden #Herbs #Plants #Garden

  4. Plants are weird.

    The butternut pumpkin seeds I planted in individual pots, in speciallised seed starting mix, and placed in the perfect position for optimal light and warmth, and watered (but not overwateted) diligently to ensure the absolute best opportunity for them to germinate: Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero germination.

    The extra butternut pumpkin seeds that I had, that I figured I'd just experiment with, and unceremoniously chucked in shallow dry dirt-holes along the weed-filled fenceline of our garden, and then just left to their own devices: Fucking up on time and thriving.

    Like, what the heck? I dunno why we bother with all this seedling molly-coddling sometimes, when those little buggers are just gonna do what they do without our input anyway.

    #garden #gardening #kitchenGarden #KitchenGardening #veggieGarden #Pumpkin #Pumpkins

  5. The Greek oregano I started from seed last year is flourishing (so proud!), and about to start flowering. So this is the moment: freeze or dry to preserve it for winter?

    #gardening #herbgarden #herbs #oregano #eatwhatyougrow #foodpreservation #KitchenGarden

  6. Fully committed to the handmade windowsill life at this point. 🌿✏️

    Made little chalkboard herb signs to go with the painted pots all labeled and thriving in the kitchen window.

    There's something really lovely about a space where everything in it was made or grown by hand. Highly recommend the vibe.

    Anyone else deep in their indoor garden era? 💙

    #HerbGarden #WindowsillGarden #HandmadeHome #GrowYourOwn #SlowLiving #DIY #KitchenGarden #Cottagecore

  7. #PortlandME - Posting for an early #SolarPunkSunday (event is Saturday, March 21st).

    #KitchenGarden #SeedSwap

    Mar 21 2026 Sat
    Saturday, March 21, 2026
    11:00am–12:00pm

    Program Type: Other
    Age Group: Adults (Ages 19+)

    Event Details

    "Calling all seed harvesters and kitchen gardeners! Join us at the #RivertonBranch for our first annual Kitchen Garden Seed Swap. Arrive with any labeled* seeds you'd like to share with your fellow gardeners and leave with what others bring to share. Come for the seeds, stay for the conversation (which we hope will be full of neighbor-to-neighbor tips for beginners and advanced gardeners and seed harvesters alike)!

    *Please feel free to drop by the Riverton Branch any time we're open to pick up empty seed packets to fill with your own seeds before bringing them to the swap. If you use your own packets, please make sure to include the following information:

    - Seed Type
    - Date Collected
    - Growing Notes (optional)
    - Your name or initials (optional)

    Also welcome at the swap are any seed-starting or gardening supplies in good condition that you would like to re-home. Any items left over at the end of the swap will be considered for our #LibraryOfThings or donated.

    Leftover seeds will be used to seed our new Riverton Branch Seed Library."

    Source:
    portlandme.librarycalendar.com

    #MaineLibraries #SeedSwaps #BuildingCommunity #PortlandPublicLibrary #PPL #RivertonBranch #SeedLibraries #GardeningForPollinators #SeedExchange #SwapDontBuy #CircularEconomy #GardenToolsSwap

  8. 2025 gardening scorecard: self-replicating leafy greens

    This year’s gardening season was easier than usual mainly because in some ways, 2024’s gardening season never ended: As spring rolled around, I was delighted to see that last fall’s arugula, spinach, parsley and even cilantro had somehow survived a winter with multiple snowfalls and sub-freezing days.

    I don’t know why that happened this year but not in earlier years (see my recaps of 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011), but I appreciate that unearned benefit anyway.

    Arugula: A+

    My go-to leafy green remained undefeated for yet another year, providing sandwich fixings and delicious additions to a variety of other recipes–it’s great to throw into an omelette, a pan sauce, on top of pasta or even as a garnish for a pizza just out of the oven.

    Herbs: A

    I’m using to parsley doing well, but cilantro persisting through summer and fall was not what I expected; neither was cilantro briefly returning in the fall. Thyme thrived for a second year in a row, and I had more rosemary and sage from the pots on the back patio than I knew what to do with. Mint, however, suffered from my irregular watering.

    Spinach: B+

    This did immensely better in the spring than in the fall, even though I sowed a fresh set of seeds in the fall. I continue to endorse this as an entry-level kitchen-garden crop over lettuce because, like arugula, it’s useful for so much more than salads and sandwiches.

    Peppers: B-

    All credit here goes to my wife, who once again grew bell and jalapeño peppers in a planter in the driveway for some of our most cost-effective gardening. Those plants, however, were not as productive as in past years, even discounting the peppers that some of our local squirrels snacked on.

    Lettuce: C

    This was one of 2025’s gardening disappointments; like last year, I didn’t get much out of the plants that grew from the seeds I planted in the spring. That still represents a decent ROI when you look at what good lettuce costs at a farmer’s market, but I can’t help thinking of how much better this crop fared in earlier years.

    Tomatoes: D-

    Yet another year, yet another year of disappointment in my attempt to grow one of my native state’s signature crops. This is starting to look like an annual slow-motion, step-on-the-rake exercise in which most of the tomatoes I grow only start to ripen once we run into a period of drought or or travel prevents me from harvesting and enjoying the results. It’s frustrating, but of course I will try again next year.

    #arugula #basil #bellPepper #cilantro #greens #homegrown #kitchenGarden #lettuce #locavore #Mint #parsley #rocketLettuce #spinach #thyme #tomato #tomatoes

  9. I keep looking at the garden pictures like they’re baby pictures. It’s been like this all spring and summer. This is one of the #PurpleAsparagus plants yesterday afternoon, and then this morning. #TamludTeamAssemble : what’s the brucha for growing #asparagus ? #kitchenGarden #FarmToFork #PersonalChef #FarmToTable #culinaryGarden #JewApron #zone6 #food #foodcrop