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 I am Rachel Tayse, keeper of the Hounds in the Kitchen. In my Columbus Ohio urban homestead, I garden, cook, and eat local sustainable foods. Read About the Hounds for more about the characters in my kitchen. I hope to see you soon at an Event.
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Strawberries are named such because gardeners traditionally cover them in straw during the fall. The straw mulch both prevents weeds from growing in early spring and protect the delicate plants from cleaving through frozen soil. Now is the time to put straw on your beds in central Ohio. I happened to score some free straw from [...] Every year we go strawberry picking. Usually we eat a third fresh or in baked goods, freeze a third, and make the rest into jam. This year, our little garden patch has produced well enough to satisfy our out of hand desires and I even froze about a pint. We tried to pick twice in central Ohio [...] We will be picking strawberries at Doran’s (5462 Babbitt Road, New Albany, OH 43054) this Friday afternoon around 1 PM. Weather is slated to be partly sunny and 76 deg. The walk to the strawberry patch is about 300 yds at most. They sometimes run a tractor with flatbed for rides to/from the patch. They [...] Yesterday was a lazy day with an overcast sky so I finally took time to photograph what’s growing in our garden. Broccoli Raab, Lettuce, Spinach and herbs were all harvested this week Broccoli, Peas, Beans, Squash, Strawberries, Tomatos and Carrots are growing strong We supplemented our peppers grown from seed with 3 sweet yellow and 3 sweet chili [...]  |
 
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