Sustainable Gardening and Creative Food
Roasted Tomato Sauce Fresh from the Garden — In October!
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 flavor that is a…
How to Bring Tomatillos Tangy Goodness to the Kitchen
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 nothing wrong with that…
Final gifts of summer
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 final straw. The downed…
Spring in the Garden and Kitchen
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 popping up everywhere. The…
Spring is on the way!
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 means…it’s time to plant…
From Pod to Pot – Beans are the Best!
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. Oh, I grew those…
Success with Chocolate Peppers
Chocolate Peppers came in strong in the garden this year. Nope. They’re not actually chocolate. Wouldn’t that be nice! Growing ready to eat chocolate straight from the garden bed!! (Milk chocolate or dark?) But seriously! Chocolate peppers are a type of bell pepper that…
Easy to grow and cook beans!
Green Roma beans, yellow beans and edamame. All did really well this year and tasted unbelievable! Fresh from the garden. So tender. What joy! Unlike the peas I grew earlier this spring, the flowers on my beans were not as pretty. But the plants…
Peas in the Garden – Pasta Primavera in the Kitchen
The peas are just beginning to produce their first tender pods and the strawberries are giving me enough fruit for a bowl with breakfast about every three or four days. Their bounty heralds a swift pick up in the pace of the garden. Seasons change…
Asparagus is up and lands on the grill!
Asparagus is coming up fast and furious. It has a short but prolific season and since I love it, it’s easy to find ways to use it. Asparagus is a Perennial When we first put in the garden I knew I wanted an asparagus…