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Teaching a passion for gardening & cooking food that nourishes the body. Creator of the 5-week program called Cooking for the Family in Cincy. Zone 6

Vendemmia. We went to visit our dear friend, Amand

Vendemmia. We went to visit our dear friend, Amanda @archistrati in Puglia, Italy, and it worked out perfectly for us to join her, her friends, and family to harvest grapes and prep them for making wine. They test the sugars in the grapes and when the grapes hit a certain sugar content then it’s time to harvest. In Italy they call the process Vendemmia, and it’s such a beautiful community activity.

We tried their natural wine from last year and wow so incredible! They are doing two different kinds of red wine this year. Both are natural wines using the grape variety that is roughly translated as “salves of Babylon.” As I understood it, one is carbonic which the grapes are fermented whole with the bunches intact and the tank is filled with CO2. The second method is what is in the large red basin. We extracted most of the grapes from the bunches and those are stirred twice a day while they are fermenting. There’s a lot more that goes into both processes. I hope to be able to visit again sometime and maybe be able to try the wine.

After we worked, Amanda treated everyone to a delicious meal full of laughter, conversation and incredible wine.

#vendemmia #winemaking #grapes #puglia

So honored and proud to be helping serve some of @

So honored and proud to be helping serve some of @anomalymagic delicious food to none other than James Beard Award winner @thecookinggene and some of the professors at the @uofcincy. Harvest salad, creole inspired Mac n’cheese, vegetarian lentil Cincinnati chili, seasoned rice, and challah. Yumm Yumm.

It’s getting batty in here. 🦇 El had the idea

It’s getting batty in here. 🦇
El had the idea for the candy corn fangs. 🧛

#halloweencookies #kidsinthekitchen

Tomato hornworm and braconid wasps. These worms de

Tomato hornworm and braconid wasps. These worms decimate tomato plants, but this is an example of nature at its best.

“A female wasp has laid her eggs under the skin of that hornworm. As the eggs hatch the larvae actually feed on the hornworm insides. The larvae eat their way out of the caterpillar and spin the cocoons you see. Eventually adult wasps will emerge from the cocoons and the weakened hornworm will die.”

I try to plant small flowers like tansy and yarrow in my pollinator garden close by and let some carrots, dill, cilantro, and fennel flower to entice these wasps to stay in my garden and do pest management for me.

#pestcontrol #organicgarden #zone6 #parasiticwasp #tomatohornworm

Native bee house update. It’s working! Look at a

Native bee house update. It’s working! Look at all of the blocked up holes. Looks like the smaller holes seem to be more desireable. So we’ll try more smaller bamboo pieces next year.

#pollinators #protectbees #savethebees #nativebees

Today’s harvest. It is peak pepper season for us

Today’s harvest. It is peak pepper season for us. I love all of the beautiful colors and shapes!

#myharvest #zone6bgardening #backyardgarden

Cut worms. Those awful grubs do crazy damage to my

Cut worms. Those awful grubs do crazy damage to my seedlings. My first planting of cabbage and broccoli got chopped down except 1 of each. So this planting I’m trying this. No idea if it’ll work. I cut a toilet paper roll in half and put it around the base. I’ll keep you posted if they survive.

I’m a sucker for repurposing. So @whogivesacraptp toilet paper roll gets a second life.

#repurpose #cutworm #broccoli #seedlings #pestcontrol #gardentricks

Spoon tomatoes. It was a free seed from @bakercree

Spoon tomatoes. It was a free seed from @bakercreekseeds and I love them. They are cute with just little bursts of sweet tomato. Will grow these babies again!

#spoontomato #tomatoes #backyardgarden #enjoytheharvest #zone6garden

Yesterday’s harvest coming in full color. The wa

Yesterday’s harvest coming in full color. The warm weather crops are starting!!! Yay!

We are trying 2 new things this year from @funkesgreenhouse. Guatemalan Blue squash and white eggplant. We made an orzo, squash, eggplant pesto pasta last night with our harvest. Tonight we’ll use the cabbage and carrots in an egg roll in a bowl and the kale and carrots went in our smoothie this morning.

#mygardenharvest #zone6garden #kidsinthegarden #eattherainbow #eatyouryard #eatwhatyougrow

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