Early March is an exciting time in the garden. Spring is in the air, the redbuds are blooming, seedlings are sprouting, perennials returning from their dormant winter. It’s time to harvest and cook the last of the winter crops and revitalize the soil for the new plantings. The last of the broccoli and Brussels sprouts (well, greens really) were processed and cooked in tasty dishes. More
After a beautiful spring-like day spent in the garden on Sunday, another front is arriving today to remind us it is still winter, after all. I have been shopping from the pantry and playing with inexpensive cold weather recipes lately, and it’s likely that some of these will be on the table during the next couple of days. They all make big batches to feed More
As uneventful as December is in the edible garden, late January and early February are really exciting. It’s time to clean the garden beds, pull all the frozen plants, prune perennial herbs, and get the beds ready for spring planting. Today the garden is looking great, and I feel the promise of spring around the corner. Temperatures are still cool enough for a few winter More
Our second annual New Year’s Eve dinner and dance party turned out to be delicious and fun. It stared with a bit of work, as planned, cleaning the garden as best as possible and harvesting things we wanted to use or needed to be picked. I grabbed some of the ‘Early Wonder’ beets, which have proven to be some of my favorites. The roots are More