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Agriculture Report and Breaking in the New Firepit Table

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What is an “Agriculture Report”? Well I was inspired by  @quiteayarnblog‘s ongoing series of posts titled “Agriculture Report” (and this title always cracks me up) that are actually updates of what is going on in her garden. I just had to adopt this same title for updates on what is going on in my garden/my “garden report”

Well the growing season in my new “garden” is at its end and it was time to harvest my basil and my mint (I haven’t decided what I want to do with my rosemary, thyme and oregano yet…).

We don’t have a formal garden in our new house yet. What we did for our first summer growing season at our new house was to set up herbs to grow in the pots we planted roses, examples below:

THE BASIL HARVEST

Here’s the pot which had the basil (it has been all harvested as of this post so I am using a photo from July):

I used lots of the basil during the summer for various dishes. I decided to turn the rest of the basil into Pesto.

John came up with the idea (that he saw on a YouTube video or Instagram post) to freeze the Pesto in a block and while semi frozen partition into blocks to easily pull apart for use – and it worked!

THE MINT HARVEST

In addition to growing a lot of basil (which appeared to love sharing a pot with a rose), I grew a lot of mint.

John and I decided impromptu to invite some friends over for Mojitos (made with fresh basil).

The weather has changed in the Denver Metro area and become for Autumn-like with cool evenings in the 50s F. We decided to also break on our new firepit table:

And we had a marshmallow roast/Smores making last evening!

I think that’s one of the best ways to gather around a fire – ha!

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17 thoughts on “Agriculture Report and Breaking in the New Firepit Table”

  1. I’m very fortunate that my rosemary, oregano and thyme can grow outside all year, but I love your pesto suggestion. I don’t use my herbs often enough and they are such a good way to add flavour

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  5. Hello, I am a fellow author in This is How We Create. Since your comments were closed for the book post, I decided to comment here since we are fellow gardeners too. I enjoyed what you wrote about limitations. I am good in one respect of my life; when I paint watercolors, I limit my palette. Limiting my colors stops a lot of angst. Since this post is about your garden I will have to admit when it comes to gardening, I try every plant, seed, and bulb that appeals to me and mix colors in a wild cacophony with no color coordination whatsoever! Anyway, I am going through the book slowly, enjoying each author’s chapter and visiting their blogs and websites to comment. Enjoy Autumn. Kathy/Timeless Lady/Chapter 8

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by I really appreciate that 🙂

      I didn’t realize I had close comments on thanks about that. I need to fix that.

      I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on my chapter for the book! I must admit life has been busy and I haven’t gotten to all chapter yet but look forward to reading yours. Thanks again!

      To Successful Palette Limiting! 🙂

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  7. I am definitely putting mint in next year. I love a mojito in the summer. I would put pesto in those silicone ice cube trays and freeze it. You pretty much have to dedicate the trays for that purpose because garlicy ice doesn’t go well with iced tea. Ask me how I know.

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I appreciate your thoughts!