Just as I have cherry tomatoes planted in my home garden to see us through the early part of the summer season before our CSA farm produces sizeable distribution, I also plant miniature eggplants: a beautiful orange globe and a variety called “little fingers” that comes in white and the classic dark shade. The orange [...]
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Eggplant Minis
Posted in Eggplant, Garden, tagged Heirloom mini eggplants on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spring Gleaning
Posted in Garden, Greens, Salad, tagged Cooked lettuce and peas on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just when I thought we had passed the spring, I cleaned out the garden for the next crops and gleaned lots of lettuce leaves, snap peas and their delicate shoots. Those plus some fava beans, a couple of newly dug potatoes and the ever-present mint became a great, light and refreshing side dish. I would [...]
June: Garden and Farm to Table and Jar
Posted in Garden, tagged Heirloom snow peas on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
June represents the awakening of the harvest season with greens and peas and radishes for the dinner plate and strawberries and currants and cherries for sweet treats and preserving. This year I planted the BEST yellow snow peas, heirlooms from India via Pinetree Seeds in Maine. The magenta and violet flowers gave way to abundant [...]
A Moment in Time: Peas in Pots
Posted in Garden, Pot garden, tagged Moment in Time NYT Global, Peas on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What were you viewing at 11 a.m. EST today, May 2? The New York Times announced the opportunity to submit entries into a global photo mosaic, organized in categories and locations. So, hearing about this 15 minutes in advance, I rushed out with my camera to find something that would have some meaning to me, [...]
April: Herbs in Pots
Posted in Garden, Herbs, tagged Herbs on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Living in town and surrounded by large old trees, I have little opportunity to have a full-fledged garden. I do ascribe to the “lawn to garden” philosophy and have always, wherever I’ve lived, had a small patch of ground for growing something. For years, I’ve had a perennial herb garden grown in pots that has [...]
