As The Garden Grows….

I realized as I was tying up my second self-watering box of tomatoes yesterday morning that I had not written about the garden much recently.

There have been ups and downs. Right now, mostly ups–as in, the first box of cherry tomatoes I planted keep growing up, up, up, as if they are attempting to […]

On Edible Flowers

Edible flowers were and are all the rage in some culinary circles, but I find many people hesitant either to try and cook with flowers, or to eat them if they are served. This hesitancy probably stems from unfamiliarity with the long-standing custom of eating flowers and using them as flavorings in food. It probably […]

New Organic Foods Forum Up And Running

A friend of mine (thank you, Heather!) sent me email alerting me to a new forum for folks interested in organic foods, issues of sustainability, local foods, organic farming, gardening and the like.
The Forum, called Sustain360, is sponsored by a roster of organizations and and companies that include The Organic Center, Environmental Working Group, […]

Announcing the Green Blog Project

I read about this event on Mahanandi, and it sounded so good, I wanted to promote it here, too.
L.G. of Mango and Ginger is hosting this long-term food blog event, The Green Blog Project that is open to everyone. What are the rules?

All she wants you to do is grow something edible in your […]

Garden Woes, Garden Grows

This has been a weird month of May.

Last week, and part of the week before, we had a lot of rain and low temperatures–down to the forties and fifties some days and nights. We even had frost warnings and nights that the temperatures dropped down to the thirties.
Needless to say, this has affected farmers and […]