Episode 3: Garden Pests, Root Cellars, and Cornmageddon

What we are eating this week

• Berries!
• Elderflower Fritters: a recipe - do not use olive oil
• Items from the root cellar: Spaghetti squash and sweet potatoes
• Still getting lettuce galore but that is about to change

What we are preserving this week - and how

• Peppermint
• Bee balm - finally about to bloom
• Sour Cherry Jam
• Blackberry leaves
• Pickled Beets - Recipe coming soon!

Garden/pest update

• The flea beetle
• Squash bugs
• Does the duct tape trick really work on squash bug eggs?
• Neem oil or Dawn

About the Root Cellar and Canned Food Storage

Final song: Every Way written by Nicole Sauce, performed by Sauce