Salad by Adactio
New potatoes dabbed with yellow butter and sprinkled salt.
Succulent strawberries fresh from the fields for my sister’s birthday in July (never for mine in April).
Bitter brussels sprouts served with roast turkey at the winter holiday table.
These are the seasonal food memories I grew up with, before the first supermarket came to my [...]
Fresh vegetables by constructiondeal_marketing
I’d been watching that first tomato for days. Finally, it was red. I plucked it from the bush, popped it into my mouth, and bit down on the plump, juicy, red, roundness of it.
Flavor exploded into my mouth, coating my tongue. I sucked and savored, holding onto that moment.
There’s nothing like [...]
Back Yard West Garden Corner 03-29-10
Dear Reader,
If your garden plans don’t always turn out the way you expected don’t give up. Call it a challenge! Here’s mine…
The year 2010 is gone and it’s time for me to ‘fess up about the good, the bad, and the ugly of my gardening efforts over the last [...]
Light-deprived lettuce
“What’s in a seed?A tree to climb, a sunflower for the birds, a loaf of bread… Seeds contain a lot.” – Alison Kerr, 2010
A seed is easy enough to plant; we can all plant a seed. The tricky part comes later.
What does a seed need to grow into the plant we desire?
It’s elementary
We [...]
New gardeners, or those who want to try gardening but haven’t yet, tell me that they are scared of failure.
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ” Henry Ford, Quote Garden.
Of course the secret to vegetable gardening success is to try in the first place. Then again, you can always learn from [...]