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First hard frost tonight. I pulled up my beans and

First hard frost tonight. I pulled up my beans and am drying them on a clothes rack so I can save the seeds. Pearl millet and amaranth drying in bowls in sunny window. Fall is full on, at least this week.

It’s been a good year for squash, if you like zu

It’s been a good year for squash, if you like zucchini and yellow summer squash that is.
If you have a few more than you can easily work into three meals a day every day like I do so here are some ways to use up you bounty:
Medium-sized ones can be gutted and filled with something yummy, covered with buttered bread crumbs and baked.
Spiralize the thing (if you have a spiralizer) and use it instead of pasta with cheese and EVOO or a bolognese sauce.
Make zucchini refrigerator pickles. Just google it. So easy! and a nice hostess gift as we start to get together again for a week or so before we go back into covid lockdown as the delta variant overwhelms us. (Please no!) The key here is you gotta give the pickles away because if you don’t you have a lot of pickles to consume. They are no longer good after a few weeks.
Zucchini bread. We all have the recipe so I won’t belabor this one. (Have you ever thought about how many words in English attache the prefix be-to a noun and it becomes a verb? Interesting, no?) But again, you gotta give it way! I got a good recipe off NYT Cooking that has less sugar and 100% EVOO and it’s my current fave.
Zucchini frittata. So easy, just sauté some thinly sliced zucchini and then pour over your seasoned eggs and top with goat or feta cheese. Put it under the broiler for a few seconds and voila! Serve with a good sourdough whole ancient grain artisan bread. My favorite breakfast.
Zucchini brownies! I like brownies made with rye flour. Why not add some grated zucchini?
Of course there is zucchini and tomato with pasta, too. The point is to enjoy the bounty and share it with all your friends and neighbors. It’s a gift to be able to grow something so easily that is so versatile and so shareable.

And the fall planted Rye Grex (formerly Swiss Moun

And the fall planted Rye Grex (formerly Swiss Mountain) also forming heads. April 24. Unheard of!

April 24 at La Villita Farms. Tibetan Purple Barle

April 24 at La Villita Farms. Tibetan Purple Barley is forming seed heads. Rio Grande Grain team planted it last Oct. TPB matures early relative to other grains, but this is ridiculous.

Interview with author Amy Halloran on today’s Ga

Interview with author Amy Halloran on today’s Garden Journal. Local grain economies are changing how we eat. Podcast at ksfr.org.

Black Mesa flanked by golden cottonwoods. Snow tom

Black Mesa flanked by golden cottonwoods. Snow tomorrow will change everything.

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