Sustainable Gardening and Creative Food
Tarragon Brings Unique Flavor
Tarragon Braves Winter Chill in the Garden When winter wraps its chill arms around the garden many herbs continue to flourish. Among them one that is often overlooked, Tarragon. While it will go dormant for a while during the coldest months, mine doesn’t stop…
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…
Raspberries Glow like Rubies in the Garden
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 you will find in…
Winter in the Garden Warming Stock in the Kitchen
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 garden beds mulched for…
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…