beans – The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen

Spicy Garbanzo Beans

March and the start of April are challenging eating months. The stockpile of root veggies grows smaller, and at this point, more rutabaga, turnips, or cabbage aren’t as appealing as they were even a few weeks ago. The pantry of canned foods gets emptier and emptier…and all of my favorite snacks were eaten first, soContinue reading “Spicy Garbanzo Beans”

Eating Seasonally: Practice Makes Perfect

Recently a friend asked, “How do you use all of your CSA box and garden?” This wasn’t the first time a friend or family member has wondered that. After seven years of membership, we have worked out a system. We 100% build our weekly menu around the box, and one big way that we useContinue reading “Eating Seasonally: Practice Makes Perfect”

Fall Harvest: Beans and Greens

Beautiful Swiss Chard We’ve been busy, busy the past few weeks and weekends, as I’m sure most of you all have been. Luckily, the weather has been such that we personally haven’t been too worried about the veggies left in our garden or the amount of work yet to be done before the first snowfall.Continue reading “Fall Harvest: Beans and Greens”

Garden shots from early June

We’ve been planting gardens since early May. Spring was a bit odd, with lots of cold patches and rainy days. Thus, we were a bit late in getting some of our new raised beds built and planted. Once we saw a coyote heading towards our chickens (eeks!), our butts were kicked into gear, however, andContinue reading “Garden shots from early June”

Chickens and Chickpeas

All of our chickens are in the coop! Despite not hearing back from the State Lab regarding Marley’s illness, we decided (after checking with our vet) to put all of the chicks together in the coop and run. We’re crossing our fingers that Marek’s has not visited the Poquette residence. Tonight, we enjoyed all ofContinue reading “Chickens and Chickpeas”

Dilly Beans

Carmen’s opinion of canning in 90+ degree weather. Hehe. For the last several years, we’ve bought a 10 pound box of beans from Harmony Valley Farm. This year we canned 6 quart jars of dilly beans and froze the rest of the beans for fall and winter casseroles and soups. Dilly beans are great accessoriesContinue reading “Dilly Beans”