Several days ago I was surfing recipe sites and pinterest-ing (is that a word?) them . I marked this one down but wasn't sure I'd try it. Fast forward to today. I happened to have some mint that I thinned out of the garden and wasn't sure what to do with it. This recipe was the... Continue Reading →
I spent some time in the garden today, squishing the dreaded cabbage worms and pulling some weeds. It felt good to bring all these veggies in to the kitchen though!
I have some garden produce to use up so I was going back through my Pinterest pins looking for ideas and I came across this one. It uses mostly things I have on hand and sounded delicious so I thought I'd give it a try. I am so glad I did! This recipe comes from... Continue Reading →
I think the best part of gardening is the anticipation - from looking at seeds and deciding the varieties to watching the little sprouts poke out from the earth (or the seed starting pots under the lights). Then a few months later the excitement builds when the first fruit blossoms from the tiny flowers. From... Continue Reading →
Fresh salsa from the garden is one of my favorite ways to use up the summer bounty of tomatoes and peppers. I do wish my cilantro in the garden had made it, but for now I'll make do with packaged. This amount of salsa is good for a small snack for 2 people. Ingredients: Tomatoes... Continue Reading →
The first tomato quickly became tomato sauce for my lunch, loosely based on this Alton Brown recipe. Here's what I did. Backyard Tomato Sauce Ingredients: 1 big beef tomato hefty pinch of sea salt pinch of basil pinch of oregano a few shakes of pepper big pinch garlic powder even bigger pinch onion powder... Continue Reading →
(click on the images to view them larger) The first big beef tomato has ripened! Well, mostly. I went ahead and picked it early because it has blossom end rot. This was one of the tomatoes that was already on the plant before I transplanted it and from my reading it seems like that is... Continue Reading →
