Category Archives: Gardening/outdoors The bounty that I harvested from my garden yesterday! Gabe lost in our jungle that some might call a garden. It is seriously getting crazy in there. Who knows where anything is at, but enter the jungle, and you may step on a yummy treat. Fresh tomatoes and carrots from the garden I think are... August 10, 2011 - 12:06 am
All my tomatoes are still quite green and I’m not sure they’ll turn red at all this summer… And if you get the chance, will you send me your zucchini bread recipe? The stuff you gave us was amazing! Hope you enjoyed the coast! August 10, 2011 - 8:32 am
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/moms-zucchini-bread/detail.aspx August 10, 2011 - 12:31 pm
We have lots of basil, green beans, arugula, yellow zucchini and sungold tomatoes coming out of the garden right now. We have harvested exactly ONE large tomato so far. I love making a big pan of fried brown rice with lots of garden veggies. Your saute with cheese sounds really good! August 12, 2011 - 4:15 am
We have had so much zucchini and summer squash this year (our first garden year!). Some of my favorite zucchini recipes are putting it small diced into chilli and shredding it and putting it in quesadillas. We have also added it with spinach to omelets, grilled it, sauteed it, and made zucchini and squash au gratin. I have an ask Kara question. Can you show me the layout to your garden, where the different plants are located. Our zucchini shaded our carrots and so I don’t think they will grow, and our melons have taken over a whole box. August 12, 2011 - 4:19 am
We have had so much zucchini and summer squash this year (our first garden year!). Some of my favorite zucchini recipes are putting it small diced into chilli and shredding it and putting it in quesadillas. We have also added it with spinach to omelets, grilled it, sauteed it, and made zucchini and squash au gratin. I have an ask Kara question. Can you show me the layout to your garden, where the different plants are located. Our zucchini shaded our carrots and so I don’t think they will grow, and our melons have taken over a whole box. August 12, 2011 - 6:27 am
Kara! Also, in regards to your post from not too long ago, I have a question for “Ask Kara”: August 12, 2011 - 1:33 pm
Oh Emma, August 14, 2011 - 8:12 pm
Oh wow!!!! Your garden looks incredible! I wish I could have come over to your place and seen it when I was down in July. Maybe next time?? Seriously, I wish we lived in the same city. I think we would have some good times together August 15, 2011 - 10:36 am
Sara,  A cute little bell pepper. Our beans are coming on strong. Oh please don’t tell me it’s another year of a million green tomatoes. We need more sun to ripen those babies. A shot of part of the garden and the chicken coop. Look, we grew our very own cabbage patch doll. Don’t you just... 6 comments July 26, 2011 - 3:50 am
This is funny! My garden would say that I try very hard to be organized and have order, but that there are things in my life that I can’t control (my zucchini, squash, and melons are all just growing wild. I am not sure what the tomato rot says about me, but it sure if frustrating! July 26, 2011 - 8:37 am
What would you say about those of us who don’t garden? July 26, 2011 - 1:16 pm
Mine is pretty organized but way too full…I just want to cram in as much as I possibly can and get the most out of our small garden space. I have tomatos, carrots, green beans, cucumber, peas, and zucchini all in a 13 X 5 raised bed. Which does translate to real life for me…there’s so much good in life that I just want to experience/have it all (hobbies, fun outings/trips, etc.). Goes back to quality vs. quantity and finding the place where you have a maximum of each. Whoa, that was deep July 26, 2011 - 2:20 pm
I think my garden says “Can’t catch up with everything that needs done.” Because I didn’t plant anything this year. I have my chickens and the perennials that come back on their own. Raspberries, cherries, plums and grapes. I usually use the excuse that I just had a baby a few months ago but you have one too so I guess that doesn’t work lol. Maybe next year. July 26, 2011 - 2:21 pm
By the way the cabbage patch doll joke was very cute. July 26, 2011 - 4:52 pm
Emma,  Don’t those strawberries look amazing? Isn’t that girl a cutie? We picked at Fairfield Farms south of town. Their strawberries are organic and delicious. Gabe is a big helper. Especially when it comes to taste testing. He is an expert. Those of you who know me well know that I spend a good portion of... 7 comments July 1, 2011 - 7:09 am
I do, I do!! July 1, 2011 - 2:53 pm
I would love to pick with you again! I have 12 jars of strawberry freezer jam so far…saving room for blueberry and logan/marion/blackberry jam in my freezer, too! (The last type I created because I couldn’t tell with certainty which berries my kids had put in their buckets. Turns out it is delicious to combine all of those into one jam!) July 1, 2011 - 4:52 pm
Anita, July 3, 2011 - 7:21 pm
We need to pick again. My kids ate all the strawberries by nightfall after picking. How can they NOT get sick from that?! Its a mystery to me. SO when you and Wendy go, you gals best be callin’ me. July 3, 2011 - 9:30 pm
Would you ladies maybe want to go to Twedts Tuesday at 12:00?? July 6, 2011 - 10:10 pm
Hey Kara, do you know if Twedts is Organic, by chance? I’m on the hunt for more strawberries too July 7, 2011 - 9:14 am
Amanda,  My new hydrangea plant!! Isn’t it beautiful? I planted some herbs. This is some yummy oregano. I love tulips. I am almost giddy when I see a new one open up. I am loving my yard right now. Don’t these pictures make you happy? They make me happy. I also loved thinking about the words... 3 comments April 18, 2011 - 11:39 pm
Kara I love that you are always trying to be a better person. You make the world a better place. April 19, 2011 - 11:03 am
I have to admit that I feel the same way about my tulips. Actually, I get quite giddy when I see any of my plants or trees start to sprout new leaves and buds. I usually manage to kill everything in my yard so anything that survives to come back again in the spring is a major victory for me. I love the pictures you put up… very “springy”. April 19, 2011 - 1:24 pm
Thanks homeboy  Me getting dirty in the garden planting some peas and carrots. The garden was so muddy, so I am a little worried about my little seeds. I also have potatoes to plant , but I need to figure out how to plant potatoes. Do you all know how many of the little eye things need... 8 comments March 27, 2011 - 5:55 pm
More beautiful pictures! I was checking your blog to get ideas for dinner (at 530 on a Sunday no less.) Now I just want to go plant 200 more daffodils. March 27, 2011 - 6:55 pm
I love Sophia playing in the daffodils. Such a pretty picture. Good luck with your potatoes. I decided they are going to be added to my garden next year, so please post how yours do. March 28, 2011 - 8:32 am
We did the square foot gardening thing last year and it’s pretty low maintenace: http://klinkthink.blogspot.com/2010/05/square-foot-gardening.html March 28, 2011 - 8:37 am
Me again…you can see here http://klinkthink.blogspot.com/2010/07/garden-update.html the potatoes taking over the entire garden… Love your blog, thanks for sharing! March 28, 2011 - 9:32 am
Ladies, March 28, 2011 - 6:31 pm
I did potatoes last year for the first time. I think it was 3 or 4 eyes…and they were super easy! Plus they’re really fun to harvest since you can’t see them…it’s a surprise! March 28, 2011 - 7:52 pm
We did 2 squares of potatoes, and planted 4 in each square. We learned doing the square foot gardening that tomatoes, tomatillos and potatoes do not belong in a square foot garden! Do you have a Maritime Northwest Planting Chart? According to this, there isn’t a ton of stuff to be planted in March. More in April. We will probably wait until late April/early May to plant ours depending on the weather. Come on sunshine! March 28, 2011 - 9:45 pm
Again… I am jealous. Seeing your beautiful spring weather makes me want to cry. We still have snow. It’s SLOWLY melting, but since we’re moving even further north, I feel very depressed by this spring stuff. P.S. Your kids are beautiful!! |
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