This week I am digging all these cayenne peppers! With the weather getting colder, I went ahead and plucked all the remaining peppers that were still on. That amounted to 1 bell pepper and 25 cayennes…
Hi all! Today’s post is all about chapter 13 from the Tao te Ching. So, if you are just here for the gardening, no worries, feel free to scroll past. Of course, I would love it…
Not too much to report on the garden this week. I’m still picking the few tomatoes and peppers that are left. Our weather finally cooled off some and we got some rain! Other than that, a…
Way back in May I posted on my favorite gardening podcasts with the promise of more to come. That is where this post comes in. In addition to my two top faves (A Way to Garden…
I’m a sucker for red pepper hummus, and I recently came up with what I dub The Best Sandwich. Not only do I get to use my fave hummus, but also my homegrown tomatoes. Without further…
This week I am digging pumpkins! I’ve begun adding them to the garden. Even though it still feels like summer here. A recent trip to the market – what an assortment of pumpkins and gourds! You…
I’m not sure when lack of rain technically becomes an official drought, but it feels as if we are in one right now. Which is kind of strange, usually those happen during the summer. However, since…
The veggie garden is looking pretty barren these days. There are a few tomatoes and peppers hanging on. Meanwhile the leaves on the trees haven’t really started to change much, except for the tulip poplars and…
October! The best month of all (not necessarily for the garden, just in general). Two reasons: Halloween and the birthday of yours truly. That said, there are things still to be done in the garden. Here…
Having an abundance of sage growing in the garden, last week I harvested a few springs and decided that I would make some sage salt. An article on herb salts from the current issue of Magnolia Journal…
