Category: Garden
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.
Rushing through a recipe…or “Flirtin’ with Disaster”
The best laid plans…. A recipe for disaster!
Farmers’ Markets: Please Support!
No matter how small—you never know what you will find—like this gem of a tomato.
Snacks on the Patio
Another recipe to aid me in using my monster rosemary: Rosemary Spiced Almonds
Fun and food with family
Our yearly pilgrimage to Seed Savers and a picnic lunch with family. Recipes for a great sandwich roll or hamburger bun.
Rustling roses
Although she has reformed, I have reaped the benefits of my mother’s criminal behavior.
The Best Fairy Garden Ever!
I have been outdone by my nephew! A ten-year-old’s interpretation of a mystical garden.
Fairy Gardens
To grace our patio, I have made fairy gardens every summer for the past few years. I found a $15 dining chair at an architectural salvage store and created this one.We created a potting space by stapling and forming chicken wire to the seat and then lining it with sphagnum moss. I have planted everything…
There is always time for tea (but sometimes not much else).
My thoughts on “Lunch in Paris” by Elizabeth Bard, the latest Cook the Books club read.
Family Iris
More family heirlooms passed down from mom’s and grandma’s garden.