pacific-farmer

Apple Cider - Habanero jelly!

My Napalm Jelly recipe 8 - cups halved ripe habaneros 1 - 25.4 oz bottle of Martinelli's sparkling apple cider 1/2 - cup of lemon juice 7 - cups of sugar 1 - 1.7 oz box of Sure Jell premium fruit pec…

Eggplants for days!

Going to wash, peel, slice, bread, vacuum pack and freeze these amazing veggies. Still so much food to harvest from the gardens.

Friday the 13th struck me hard

Got up really early this afternoon and was making my coffee when I looked out the window across 2 of my gardens. Wilted leaves as far as the eye can see. All of my nightshades are dead (tomatoes, pep…

Final flush of Felicity peppers! (and how I grew them)

Here's the third and final flush of peppers from my mild jalapeno plants. These peppers are huge, thick walled, and loaded with that classic jalapeno flavor, but absolutely no heat. http://www.johnny…

Eating fresh garden veggies well into the winter!

Had to harvest my spaghetti squashes early before they ripened because they were literally exploding from all the rain we've been getting. I lost about half of them to splitting and bursting :( Not s…

Farmer hobbies.

What do you do for fun when you work outside every day? Video games, metal music, and [redacted]! Ever want to play hockey with incredible cars? With freaking rockets? And explosions? Yeah, me too! I…

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Eggplants

Fresh from the garden! What are your favorite eggplant recipes? Seriously, I've got about 30 ready to pick. I need recipes!

It's National Dog Day!

Amun Ra enjoying fetch at the Palmer Hay Flats, Alaska. Koko enjoying a swim at Mirror Lake, Alaska. One day I hope to experience the same level of happiness that a Labrador Retriever does on swim da…

What we're eating today

Harvested this morning. Time to have fun in the kitchen! We'll be cooking small meals all day and enjoying our bounty. Edit: There's only so much summer squash three people can eat in one day, but wo…