Since I didn’t blog about my garden once last year, I have some catching up to do. In fall 2020 I replanted my blueberry plants closer to the house where I hope they get more sun and ripen better. This leaves a large space near the dogwood tree in the back. Inspired by my garde...
I am anxious to have tomatoes, tarragon and pepper plants to add to the garden, to plant lettuce and herbs and flowers, but I have to wait for drier weather. Not that we don’t need the rain in California. We do. I wait impatiently for the intersection of a free day and a dry ...
however, had plans of its own. Forty tomato plants have started themselves from the smushed remains of last year’s tomatoes, tomatoes that fell off the huge Sun Gold vine. Many of them
I made them for a session with a client, where we ate kale chips together. I am such a curmudgeon sometimes about trying new things, and I’m grateful to my clients for pushing me out of my comfort zone. Last month it was green smoothies, now kale chips. Both times, I experienced t...
Everyone who has a piece of land in the country side plants kale! So here’s my favorite traditional portuguese dish with Kale: Caldo Verde. It’s peasant food, it’s simple and it’s so good! Try it! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/caldo-verde-portuguese-green-soup/ November 9, 2012 ...
I found salad ready greens. The leaves were thick and juicy. There’s nothing better than a garden fresh salad in January, and the amazing thing is that all it took was one plastic snow-covered cloche to keep the plants alive and a few warm days to make a salad. When the weather tur...