Reflecting at Harvest Time

I didn’t grow this cauliflower although I would love to say I had. It is organically, locally grown but not in my backyard. But I DID grow these sweet potato cubes! See: (Contents: ground turkey with fennel, onion, cauliflower, and golden berries, seasoned with salt, coriander and Garam Marsala.) Every year I learn something new.Continue reading “Reflecting at Harvest Time”

Fruit Harvest?…

Last week’s yield from our gardens…Don’t open your fruit stand yet. Damned squirrels. They can be blamed for the single peach– our fruit trees were loaded this spring! I know it sounds like the proverbial one-that-got away story. I should have taken photos!  Those little trees did produce handsomely, and the squirrels enjoyed the hard,Continue reading “Fruit Harvest?…”

Unexpected August Harvests

  Sometimes I hate August gardening. Or so I say to myself as I pick my way through humid, wet, over-grown tomato plants that tangle with wild morning glory vines. Those crazy vines grow so fast, and twist around and around every vertical stalk or post or fence, through the other leaves, around the otherContinue reading “Unexpected August Harvests”