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In Our Kitchen: The Outdoors Comes Inside

Posted on 07/02/2017 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine Our yard is in full bloom. We’ve pulled garlic and scallions, and our blueberries are so close. (They’re just outside the kitchen door, so that counts.) What else is going on this month in our kitchen? Local sodas… … Continue reading →

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In Our Kitchen: The Last Tomatoes

Posted on 09/04/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Our tomato crop was a bust this year. The grape tomatoes did well for a few weeks, but the crop was felled by a combination of too much rain in the spring and the oppressive July heat that normally does … Continue reading →

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Roasted Whole Carrots

Posted on 05/06/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Here is a great way to use up some of the many carrots in the refrigerator after a pretty great harvest from the garden. Try to use carrots that are all the same size and length to even the cooking … Continue reading →

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No More Snow (Most Places)

Posted on 03/23/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

After the long winter it is finally time to get back out in the garden. After a good bit of weeding and pruning I have most everything ready for spring. The garlic and carrots survived the heavy, late snowfalls and … Continue reading →

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Getting the Garden Ready for Winter

Posted on 10/27/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This weekend I pulled the last of the jalapenos, green peppers, basil and gasp … green tomatoes. Yes, we had tomatoes grow all the way through the end of October. It has been a weird year. The turnips are doing … Continue reading →

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Fall and Winter Garden

Posted on 09/15/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

For those folks who have not already done so, now is the time to plant for anything that needs to overwinter, like garlic and carrots. It is also time to plant for the fall garden here in the south. Anyone … Continue reading →

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A Garden Update

Posted on 08/23/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The okra is finally producing now that the true southern summer is here. The peppers are also getting to the right amount of spiciness now that the days are in the upper 90’s and the nights cool down to the … Continue reading →

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Horseradish Rubbed Grilled Green Tomatoes

Posted on 06/23/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Fresh green tomatoes are hard to get since every one equals one less red juicy tomato. But when there is a lot of rain perhaps some of the first crop might begin to develop black spots on the bottoms. Picking … Continue reading →

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The End of Spring

Posted on 06/16/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This weekend I pulled the favas, carrots and spinach plants and planted the okra. The fava beans were a big failure this year with no bean pods setting at all. As far as I can tell this was due to … Continue reading →

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Things Spring in Spring

Posted on 05/05/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

So as you can see the arugula is already getting pinched back. The spring has been cool and wet so the spinach and arugula have been producing like rabbits. The carrots are almost ready to be pulled but even better … Continue reading →

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