I’m only slightly late with this post, especially since now that the evenings are cooler, I’m looking at a yellowed bunch of bean plants. But since I see that beans are still on offer in the farmers’ markets (though not for much longer unless I miss my guess), I thought I’d send out a beanContinue reading “Last of The Summer Beans”
Category Archives: In The Garden
Zucchini Latkes Recipe
This is for Bonnie, who asked for the recipe after I mentioned it on Midday with Dan Rodricks a couple of days ago. sorry I don’t have a picture of the finished product for you, (I’m currently thinking about ice latte for breakfast), but if I did, it would be little pancake-y things browned withContinue reading “Zucchini Latkes Recipe”
Seeding Peas Indoors
I love peas. I enjoy frozen peas steamed barely warm or thawed and sprinkled into salads, but I especially love fresh peas plucked from their tendrilled vines, shelled and popped almost immediately into a steamer on top of a couple of lettuce leaves. Cooked until they are bright green and barely tender, then bathed inContinue reading “Seeding Peas Indoors”
Opening Jars in Winter
It may look like a science experiment but it’s actually a jar of lemon peppers (aji limon Capsicum baccatum)– some ripe, some not so much – that I preserved in sherry last fall. The jar sits at the back of the fridge where the peppers are easy to pull out and add to all kindsContinue reading “Opening Jars in Winter”
Pumpkin Brulee Pie
I’ve done it again. Or rather, I’ve not done it – AGAIN! Taken pictures of food. We grow, harvest, cook and eat, but always, in the midst of wine and men and women, and laughter and conversation, I forget to get the digital camera out and record it for posterity, or at least for GrowContinue reading “Pumpkin Brulee Pie”
Blessings from The Compost Pile
I love compost. I do. It’s rich, dark, earthy-smelling and gives me a sense of being part of the cycle of life. It’s a great addition to the garden beds, but it’s also, often, another inadvertent growing medium – as it was for us this summer. Last fall, I bought two Long Island Cheese pumpkinsContinue reading “Blessings from The Compost Pile”
Pests in a Packed House
It’s still cold as I write this (at least ten degrees below ‘normal’). I went out with the 75-pound puppy and played catch (actually it’s more like keep-away since once he gets the ball, he spends most of the time teasing me with it), and watched the sun try to melt the frost off everythingContinue reading “Pests in a Packed House”
Turnips for The Year of The Root Crop
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”
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”
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”
Nancy Taylor Robson 