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Roasting tomatoes brings depth of flavor It’s October and the garden is still producing tomatoes — enough to make an awesome fresh tomato sauce! Take that sauce to the next level by roasting the tomatoes to bring a depth of… Continue Reading →
Tomatillos are for more than Salsa Verde Tomatillos are a fun plant to grow in the garden and an awesome, tangy addition to dishes from your kitchen! They make way more than just Salsa Verde — although there certainly is… Continue Reading →
Quince is a fruit that is kin to a pear but more exotic. The tree keeps to a modest size with beautiful pale pink flowers in spring and golden fruit in the fall. But where quince really shines is in… Continue Reading →
The garden has its autumn look about it. There is carnage among the sunflowers. We had four separate storms this summer and early fall that came weeks, even months apart but each took their toll. The last one was the… Continue Reading →
Raspberries glow like red, red rubies peaking through the green leaves. But beware the wicked thorns on these plants as you reach in to coax the fruit off the vines! They taste sweet and tart and are nothing like what… Continue Reading →
Things are kicking into high gear here in the Creekside Garden. Spring is making itself known throughout the garden and having those very earliest of veggies to work with in the kitchen takes me to my happy place. Daffodils are… Continue Reading →
Spring is definitely trying to come early this year. It’s still February but lots of daffodils are up, birds are taking on their spring mating colors, the maple trees are a haze of red waiting to burst forth and that… Continue Reading →
Mulching is an essential fall/winter garden task that makes life easier in the spring and helps build good soil. Fortunately winter has been mostly mild in my area so far. Fortunately — because I am soooo late in getting my… Continue Reading →
Seasons have their own special cadence. Summer seems to last forever. Fall is one of the most amazing seasons and most years, winter seems to come too quickly. This year saw a wonderful slow fade from summer into fall with… Continue Reading →
Beans are an unsung hero of both the garden and the kitchen. Easy to grow, good for the soil, super nutritious and delicious! This was the first year I went all in on beans that weren’t the standard green bean…. Continue Reading →