November 27th

Today was basically the last day in the garden. It was bittersweet. All I did was harvest a zucchini and my carrots. It was harder than I thought it would be to pull the carrots out of the ground. I kinda fell over when I pulled out the first one haha. I gave Marissa my zucchini. I felt bad because someone stole hers. Now it's time to start my exam!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

In the garden this week I weeded, sprayed for pests, fixed my beds and harvested zucchini, peppers, and cucumbers. I made zucchini bread with my zucchini for Thanksgiving.

yummyyyyyy

November 13th

Happy Veteran's Day! Due to the holiday we didn't have class. I went to my garden on Tuesday and weeded, fertilized and picked stuff. All that was ready to be harvested was cucumbers. I now have 7. I don't really know of recipes to use them in. I plan on just cutting them up and eating them like chips. 

My garden...super yellow cucumber leaves but they yield a lot 

so pretty

I did, however, find a recipe for a cucumber salsa to put on top of grilled fish that I might try: 

1 cup peeled and diced cucumber

1/2 cup diced red onion

1/2 cup  diced tomatoes

1 tablespoon minced fresh jalapeno chile 

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves

Salt and pepper

November 6th

Today was an important day in history with elections, Halo 4 was released, and I got to pick my vegetables for the first time. I picked peppers, cucumbers and beans. It was super exciting. I forgot to take a picture of them and when I got home I made a salad with my pepper and cucumbers:

I also weeded, fertilized everything in my garden, sprayed for pests and I had to remove my squash plant because it had a virus :(

When we were talking about organic food today in class I started to think about why anyone would want to buy organic food. I don't buy it because it is expensive. But even if it was the same price as locally grown food I still wouldn't buy it. There is something about fresh, local grown food that just tastes so much better. My dad has a farm and all of the vegetables I eat when I visit are from the garden. Nothing is better than homegrown and canned green beans. As for organic labels, I think that they are fine but people should be more informed about what the labels mean if they are spending so much money on organic food. I think sustainable agriculture means agriculture that is not only economically good but also environmentally friendly.