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”
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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?…”
‘Scape Into the Sun!
Or — ‘scape from the humidity, depending on how you feel. After what feels like weeks of rain ( was it only days?) the sun has come out today and it’s heating up. Time to pull the garlic! Garlic is planted around Halloween, winters over under a warm blanket of mulch, and is pulled outContinue reading “‘Scape Into the Sun!”
Renewed and Reborn
It was early April when I started limas, which is too late but I thought, why not? And since then an every day miracle is unfolding on my kitchen window sill. In just a few days, three lima bean seeds burst upward, out of the warmth and moisture provided by the useful repurposed plate warmerContinue reading “Renewed and Reborn”
First Child
As the spring slooowly unfurls, taunting us with a few warm days only to plunge us down into the icy blasts, this first child of our garden reaches skyward on my window sill. I started the potato soaking in the beginning of February this time, thanks to a note in my calendar. The hardest partContinue reading “First Child”
Thistling
I wanted a wildflower garden…but not this wild. Our neighbor walked by and observed that there have always been thistles on this property. For decades. Have I considered chemicals? All summer we have battled these thistles. We tried weed-whacking them. We tried cutting them off at ground level with scissors — exhausting. A gardening expertContinue reading “Thistling”
Just Let It Bee
Have you ever been eyeball to eyeball with a passionate scientist? You will find it hard to forget. I made the mistake of asking my niece, a research scientist with a double doctorate, about her research on bees at our last family reunion. I got an earful. She had nothing but scorn for the SaveContinue reading “Just Let It Bee”
Seed
The Christmas tree has faded, jettisoned on the blueberry bed, composting itself. (When it isn’t rolling into our neighbor’s yard pushed by roaring winds.) The strings of lights are finally down and boxed. Even the Christmas cards full of smiling friends are tucked away. Why does it always feel darker after the holidays, even thoughContinue reading “Seed”
Cauliflower Pizza
Spring is about to spring, but it ain’t here yet. This is still the season for winter vegetables, and even those are hard to get if you’re eating local grown… This is a recipe for cauliflower pizza that I discovered and we really enjoyed this winter. While you start your seeds and nurture them throughContinue reading “Cauliflower Pizza”
As the Weather Outside Grows Frightful..
The weather report said two nights of low 30s, and we figured it was time. So in come the potted lemons and caldomin oranges, the olive tree and friends. For the next few months they will only huddle and peer out at the brick pathway along the house’s south side, where they basked all spring,Continue reading “As the Weather Outside Grows Frightful..”
Suburban Growing 