Grow Your Own Round-up #11

Thanks to everyone who sent in a post for June. We had 19 participants from 4 countries, and as always had an abundance of fresh foods to work with.

Before we do the round-up, I need to make a few announcements. July is the 12th month for Grow Your Own, and next month is the first anniversary! Because we are getting into the busiest growing and harvesting months for folks in the north, some very smart bloggers suggested we hold the event more frequently to give people more chances to participate. I think it’s a great idea, so starting today, we will hold the event twice a month. The new deadlines are the 15th and the 30th of each month, and round-ups will be posted within a few days of the deadline.

I really enjoy Grow Your Own, and I see signs of the event catching on around the blogosphere, so I think it’s time for me to share the love and give others a chance to host. If you are interested in being a host for Grow Your Own, please email me directly and I will add your name to the list. I’ll create a hosting page which will have the list of hosts as well as information about hosting. To make this as fair as possible, you must have participated in the event at least one time before you can host.

If you are new to the event, visit the Grow Your Own page to learn more about it. If you have a blog and like to write about things you grow and cook, you can join in the fun! You don’t have to write a food blog to participate, just have some kind of blog and enjoy writing about things you grow, raise, hunt, or forage, and the dishes you make with them. We also have a Flickr photo pool, so if you have participated in the event and want to join the Flickr group, please let me know.

And now for the round-up! Click the images to visit the posts.

UPDATE: Every once in a while I miss a post, and I’m afraid I did it to Todd and Diane of White on Rice Couple. They submitted a beautiful heirloom tomato salad using their homegrown shiso and tomatoes they saved from a possum that scavenged around their garden while they were away. Fortunately White Jaws, The Garden Guard Dog is back to defend against all garden attackers.

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Grow Your Own Round-up #10

Thanks to everyone who joined us this month! We had 19 participants from seven countries, and we cooked with our homegrown thyme, onions, garlic, chickens, asparagus, parsley, basil, chives, arugula, mint, Swiss chard, ransoms, tomatoes, pandan, oregano, rosemary, strawberries, cilantro, black-eyed peas, and lemon balm.

Grow Your Own #11 has begun! If you are new to Grow Your Own, visit the Grow Your Own page to learn more about the event. Deadline for entries is the 28th of every month and I post a round-up a few days later, on or around the 1st of each month.

And now for the round-up! Click the images to visit the posts.

Christi of In Search of Self (Texas, United States) added some of their freshly grown thyme to this caramelized onion and goat cheese pizza. I think she delivers, but you’ll have to call to make sure! Read more

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Grow Your Own Round-up #9

Thanks to everyone who participated! This month our entries come from Brazil, Philippines, Netherlands, Greece, and the United States, and as always I have fun visiting the sites and reading the stories.

The news for this month is I changed the arrangement of the round-up a little bit, as you’ll see below. Trying to make it work the other way was a nightmare each month, and I was coding the round-up by hand in Textpad and copying it over and praying everything would align properly when I clicked publish. So I think we’ll stick with this…much easier and the images are larger. So going forward please send your photos in 200×200 pixel size (no more than 200 pixels in either direction). I’ve modified the instructions on the Grow Your Own page as well.

Grow Your Own #10 is off and running. If you are new to the event, visit the Grow Your Own page to learn more about it. Deadline for entries is the 28th of every month and I post the round-up a few days later, around the 1st of each month.

And now for the round-up! Click the images to visit the posts. Read more

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Grow Your Own Round-up #8

Thanks to everyone who participated in March! We have some wonderful dishes to sample from! I also want to send special thanks to a few people who have helped me with Grow Your Own.

• Thanks to Susan of Farmgirl Fare for writing a post about Grow Your Own on her blog In My Kitchen Garden.
• Thanks to Sally of A Year of Eating Seasonally for writing a post about Grow Your Own.
• Thanks to Andrew of Spittoon Extra for adding Grow Your Own to Is My Blog Burning? The submission form on the old site never worked for me, and Andrew graciously added the event each month. (Now that the site has had a total makeover, we can add events ourselves. How cool is that?)
• Thanks to Cate of Sticky Date for adding Grow Your Own to the calendar each month.
• Thanks to Lisa of La Mia Cucina, one of the beloved founders of The Daring Bakers, for adding the logo to The Daring Bakers site each month.

If you know of any blog posts or articles written about Grow Your Own, please send the links my way so I can properly thank the author.

And now the roundup! Click the photos to visit the posts.

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Grow Your Own Round-up #7

One of the things I enjoy most about Grow Your Own is the variety, and we have plenty of that this month. We have 12 participants from Crete, Singapore, Philippines, Brazil, Australia, and the Unites States and we used 22 different homegrown ingredients in our dishes. How’s that for creativity?

I have couple quick announcements before the round-up:

• The Grow Your Own page now has links to all the round-ups so that you can easily find them. Thanks to Susan of Farmgirl Fare for the suggestion!
• March Grow Your Own is underway. The deadline for this month is March 28.
• I need to apologize to one our participants from last month because I inadvertently left her out of the round-up! My humblest apologies to Kim of Live, Love, Laugh, Eat! I included her entry in this month’s round-up and listed it first.

Here are our delicious entries for February! Click the photos to visit the posts. Read more

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Grow Your Own #6 Roundup

This edition of Grow Your Own seems to focus on simplicity. Maybe it’s the cold weather here in the DC area, but the dishes we’ve served up using our homegrown foods make me think of all things simple, homey, and comforting. This time we had twelve participants from eight countries, and we cooked with our homegrown Meyer lemons, fennel, artichokes, basil, parsley, tomatoes, garlic, courgette (zucchini), eggs, beets, peppers, sage, cilantro, mallunggay, and bitter oranges. Every time I do one of these roundups, I find myself wanting to grow more things in my garden! Thanks for continuing to inspire us with your homegrown dishes.

Grow Your Own #7 has started, and the deadline is February 27.

And now for the roundup! Click the photos to see the posts. Read more

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