Dec 2, 2012 | Garden Celebrations, my gardens, What's for dinner?
After a busy weekend at the garden center I needed a boost for Sunday night’s dinner. It was getting dark when I arrived home but when I took The Dog out I could still clearly see the vegetable garden. I knew immediately what would nourish my body and soul:...
Oct 8, 2012 | Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?, You Can Grow That!
The first evening fire in the wood stove calls for a warming meal from the garden. Tonight it is winter squash soup. This is an easy to make recipe that tastes like a fancy, company dish but is actually simple and quick to cook. Autumn Soup Made While Answering Email...
Oct 8, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
As the produce from the garden dwindles, it becomes more important to celebrate what we do have: the last of the eggplant and the final basil harvests. Last night we relished what may be the last fresh pesto (we’ve got a bunch frozen) with a harvest of eggplant...
Sep 29, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?, You Can Grow That!
You Can Grow That! It is the start of what is forecast to be a cloudy, cool, rainy week. Yes, the dahlias and zinnias still bloom, and there is new lettuce and chard to be harvested in the vegetable garden. But although treasures still await harvest in the garden, and...
Sep 21, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
Here we are in late September and we are still eating out of the garden. Two vegetables are particularly impressive right now; I’m continuing to love a squash I’ve planted for five years plus a pepper from Burpee that is my new BFF. Tonight the two got together for...
Aug 26, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
The name of this dish comes first the sunny color of the golden tomato sauce and Zephyr squash. It’s also appropriate because we’re treasuring being able to create dinner out of freshly picked vegetables as we savor the last warm days of summer. It’s...
