Harvesting the Winter Garden
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Harvesting the Winter Garden

Spring is just around the corner now which means I have been harvesting the winter garden and preserving our citrus fruit to use throughout the summer.

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Pomegranate Harvest
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Pomegranate Harvest

It's that beautiful time of year again when the pomegranates begin to ripen and are ready for harvest. My husband brings out the tall ladder and climbs up to get them while I prepare the patio where they will sit in the sun a bit longer turning red before we distribute them to family and friends.

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Cooking from the Garden:   Fresh Pea Soup
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Cooking from the Garden: Fresh Pea Soup

Our spring garden is growing now and the peas I planted from seed a few months ago are ready to harvest. This is a special variety, called Peas in a Pot that does well in containers.

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