Growing ginger indoors

I honestly can’t remember when I planted this ginger. I stuck it in the ground, then learned that I’d planted it the wrong way (on a vertical, rather than horizontal, plane), then utterly neglected it. I was just about to throw the whole thing in the compost. Then, months later (May 29th), I noticed the

Frost and ginger

Well, we’ve had frost the last two nights. Despite covering the beds with flannel sheets (bought at resale for that purpose), my potatoes, tomatoes, corn, and beans all got a bit frostbitten. Do I need to trim those bits off, or will the plants be ok as they are? On the up side, I glanced

Squashycrumble

Thanks to my sweetie for naming this dish. I was getting tired of calling it “pumpkin pie that isn’t really a pie and isn’t made from pumpkin.” Recipe: 2 c. butternut squash, baked and mashed (imagine the neck of the squash in a 1c. measuring cup, and bake twice that much. The neck of a