Garden Update (and a winning post) !!!!!!

I don’t think I have posted anything about this season’s garden. Here it is! . . . → Read More: Garden Update (and a winning post) !!!!!!

Getting Seeds Started, Ready for Spring, and a Sibling Rivalry

I started three varieties of broccoli, leeks, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, lots of onions, and turnips on 2-19-2012. Today, this is what I found:

A lot of the turnips are up.

A bit of broccoli is up. (If you look really close you can see a bit of green.)

We are getting Spring Fever . . . → Read More: Getting Seeds Started, Ready for Spring, and a Sibling Rivalry

Fresh Salad with Baked Goat Cheese

Back from Santa Fe, picking tomatoes and fresh herbs from the green house and fresh greens from the hoop house. . . . → Read More: Fresh Salad with Baked Goat Cheese

My Mother’s Garden

My mom’s garden seems to always exceed expectations! (I’m taking a small break from Sweet Potato-palooza to show off my mom’s green thumb.) . . . → Read More: My Mother’s Garden

Sweet Potato Flowers and a Good Harvest

Finding the vines flowering to finding giant mutant sweet potatoes. . . . → Read More: Sweet Potato Flowers and a Good Harvest

Surprise watermelon

DIY projects still taking up our time (and our living spaces). But, we actually have things growing in the garden! Enjoy this simple post with “borrowed” recipes. . . . → Read More: Surprise watermelon

Eating Weeds

With no rain and excessive heat, our garden production is nil. We have resorted to eating weeds. Have you harvested any purslane lately? . . . → Read More: Eating Weeds

Giant sunflowers, zinnias and a family heirloom photo

I think my love and fascination for zinnias comes from seeing an old family photo as I was growing up. I finally found the forgotten photo of my great-grandmother with her prized zinnias. . . . → Read More: Giant sunflowers, zinnias and a family heirloom photo

Grandma’s new potatoes and peas

Didn’t everyone’s grandmother make this most anticipated dish of the early summer? I know all of ours did. . . . → Read More: Grandma’s new potatoes and peas

Farmers’ Markets: Please Support!

No matter how small—you never know what you will find—like this gem of a tomato. . . . → Read More: Farmers’ Markets: Please Support!