Aug 15, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
As any vegetable gardener knows, part of the fun of a harvest is when you find veggies in funky shapes. We’ve dug heart shaped potatoes and picked cucumbers that bear a strong resemblance to Richard Nixon. Recent tomato pickings have produced these fruits that...
Aug 8, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
If you have a vegetable garden and grow summer squash and beans, there are times when you’re overrun with both. Here’s a cold soup I made for dinner the other night that is a delicious way to use up a bunch of these vegetables. Cold Curried Bean and...
Aug 3, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
Contrary to the popular holiday song, I think that August is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the month when you can walk into the garden after work and ask, “What’s for dinner?” Tonight the garden answers “Green beans, Zephyr squash, salad, tomatoes and...
Jul 25, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
can produce a feast. Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 24 I love the time of year when we can come home and pick dinner. The new potatoes are ready, the chard is thick, the beans and summer squash are prolific and we’re picking several tomatoes per day....
Jul 22, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 22 We arrived home from Italy to find an outbreak of weeds and beans. Crabgrass, purslane and carpetweed have not only appeared in the ten days we’ve been gone, but they’ve all grown to dinner plate size plants in that time....
Jan 6, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – January 6 I will admit that ten years ago I was sucked into the trend of portraying gardening as being “easy” and “low-maintenance.” Apologies, I’m so sorry, my bad. I, like most Americans, was seduced by our fast food, instant...
