Jul 7, 2013 | A Gardening Life, my gardens, plants I love, What's for dinner?
A Gardening Life – July 7th I picked blueberries yesterday. The early bearing varieties are now filled with large, ripe fruit that needs to be harvested daily. Last year we picked these early berries and looked forward to the others that mature later in July,...
Feb 11, 2013 | A Gardening Life, plants I love, What's for dinner?
The Gardening Life – February 11 If you are a gardener, one of the joys of winter can be picked off of an indoor citrus tree. Large, round, fragrant Meyer lemons are waiting to be harvested in my kitchen right now and I’ll have several more ripening over the...
Feb 8, 2013 | Life's Gardens, What's for dinner?
Whenever you need comfort food, you can’t go wrong with a cup of cocoa and my Oatmeal Maple Walnut cookies. Note: This is comfort food, not health food. Besides, the oatmeal and the butter cancel each other out. 1 and ½ sticks of butter 1 cup light brown sugar ½ cup...
Jan 23, 2013 | A Gardening Life, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
A Gardening Life – January 23 Ok, I realize that as a homegrown vegetable leeks don’t have the same appeal as, say, tomatoes. Their fragrance isn’t as evocative of summer as basil is, and they don’t have quite the broad pick-me-at-five-and-sit-down-to-dinner-at-six as...
Jan 6, 2013 | A Gardening Life, vegetables, What's for dinner?
A Gardening Life – January 5 This afternoon we put on hats and coats and went up to the shed to pick lettuce for dinner. Our shed has windows and plexi-panels on the southern side and roof. A wall of clay pots on the north side act as heat sinks and that half of...
Dec 13, 2012 | my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
Only one quarter of the veggie garden still contains plants, and these grow thinner as we harvest. Still, to be eating from the garden on the thirteenth of December is a real blessing and we don’t take it lightly. Some of tonight’s dinner came from the...
