I should have suspected that ideas for zucchini may be just as bountiful as the vegetable itself! If you're up to your ears in zucchini this summer, I highly recommend you read the comments on yesterday's Help With Keeping Up with Zucchini post.  I truly appreciate your good advice and links to recipes! I also appreciate all the e-mails you sent.  You all had great ideas for what to do with zucchini, too, and I so today I want to share some of those ideas with the rest of my readers.  Too … [Read more...]

This is my very first year of gardening. I have a small little 4x4 foot garden in my yard. I read the All New Square Foot Gardening and felt like this was something that I could do. I've been thrilled that I've actually been able to grow food in my backyard. In fact, I have been unprepared to deal with my bounty! I've harvested banana peppers, broccoli and loads of zucchini. And my sons and I have picked several pints of wild raspberries in our neighborhood. I've got lots of … [Read more...]

I'm so excited that my little garden is growing! I've already harvested 2 heads of broccoli, a half-dozen zucchini and a one banana pepper.  And I've got more broccoli, zucchini and peppers on their way! For those of you who are seasoned gardeners, this may not seem like a big deal.  But to me, it's HUGE.  I do not have a green thumb.  I have been known to kill the hardiest of houseplants. I think part of the reason I've had the success with the vegetables is that the end result of my … [Read more...]