I don’t really know who makes these declarations — I hope they don’t clog up an already clogged Congress to get something like The Official Year of The Root Crop powered through — but it is, officially, somehow, The Year of The Root Crop. It’s a good thing, since little by little, we as aContinue reading “Turnips for The Year of The Root Crop”
Author Archives: Nancy Taylor Robson
Book Review of Square Foot Gardening Answer Book
When I was a kid, I had a terrific book called The Make-It Book, which detailed a bunch of creative projects, both rainy day and non-, for kids of all ages that kept me and my brother happily engaged for years. The Square Foot Gardening Answer Book reminded me a bit of that book. SimplyContinue reading “Book Review of Square Foot Gardening Answer Book”
Food Court Flash Mob for Christmas
There are several things that bring the Christmas spirit. One of the biggies is Handel’s Messiah. I often miss all the programs that float around, but the flash mobs of the Hallelujah chorus are a terrific compensation. Here’s one that I wish I had experienced firsthand. But the magic of Youtube brought it right intoContinue reading “Food Court Flash Mob for Christmas”
Any Size Anywhere Edible Gardening Book Review
I would have enjoyed Any Size Anywhere Edible Gardening by William Moss (Cool Springs Press, $21.99) when I was in college, worked a couple of jobs and lived in a second floor apartment overtop a parking lot in the university’s no man’s land between city and suburbs. The author, who is an instructor at theContinue reading “Any Size Anywhere Edible Gardening Book Review”
Planting Hardneck Garlic on an Indian Summer Day
The past three days were gorgeous, like a return to spring, so my mind naturally returned to the garden — which I confess I had left pretty much to its own devices the past several weeks. I had planned to plant hardneck garlic this year as usual, but had left it kinda late. Came the hurricane, andContinue reading “Planting Hardneck Garlic on an Indian Summer Day”
Winter Squash and Roasted Vegetable Soup
My summer squash did diddly this year — I planted seeds three times and three times the critters ate the plants before they could get to any size at all. Fortunately, I managed to grow some winter squash, started from the saved seed of an Iranian and a long neck pumpkin of two IContinue reading “Winter Squash and Roasted Vegetable Soup”
Building Soils Naturally
I’m not an agronomist, and I have a feeling you’d really need to be one to properly assess this book. But I’m totally on board with the notion that you need to feed the soil and all its critters before it can feed the plants that grow in it. That’s the premise of the just-publishedContinue reading “Building Soils Naturally”
Comforting Casseroles
In the sixties we had casseroles with cream-of-something soups –tuna-noodle casserole with cream of celery, chicken and cream of mushroom, turkey tettrazini (exotic, since you add sherry instead of milk), ground beef and noodle with cream of tomato. Fast. Easy. Yummy. Casseroles are comfort food. They’re stress reducers because they’re easy to make and theyContinue reading “Comforting Casseroles”
How Rising Food Prices Are Impacting The World
The weather, from the worst drought in half a century to floods to tornadoes in the breadbasket, has been on the news since the first seeds went into the ground in spring. We know that the resulting decreased yields will impact food prices here in the US, but what may be less appreciated is theContinue reading “How Rising Food Prices Are Impacting The World”
Making Lemon Pepper Relish
I grow lemon peppers – aji limon – by the cartload (kinda) because 1) I depend on them for bean soup (preserved in sherry – add 2 peppers per 3-quart pot of soup) and 2) – and more important – our son, Matt, spends the weekend with us at the end of summer and usesContinue reading “Making Lemon Pepper Relish”
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