My husband and I were sitting on the swing the other night talking about what we were most excited/nervous about in the upcoming move. We’re leaving the house we raised our kids in to downsize: less rooms, less house, less yard. I’m sad whenever I think about losing my yard and overwhelming garden, but I’m Read More
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Gardening trial and error
Egg Foo Young
Egg Foo Young is a quick and easy vegetarian/pescetarian dinner. We sprout our own mung beans and that takes several days, but otherwise, this doesn’t take much planning. I whisk two eggs per person, and add vegetables until it looks like there is the same mount of veggies as eggs. You want one half of Read More
My Backyard Cluck-Clucks
The latest in my gardening adventures was the idea to get a few backyard chickens. Originally, I thought I’d keep them in the garden. I knew they made fabulous fertilizer, would eat all the bugs (we were counting on black widows and hobos especially) and all their scratching is supposed to aerate the soil. We Read More
Jalapenos? Kitten food…
My husband has developed a taste for spice that few peppers can temper. We had a whole garden bed devoted to the fiery little bits. This is a small portion of our harvest, in the back you can see the bell peppers…second class citizens. We’ve dried and pickled serenos, jalapenos, Thai chilies, Tabasco “super chilies” Read More
SSSSalsa!
According to Seinfeld people only eat salsa because the like to say “SSSSalsa!” But I remember the first time I had fresh salsa as a teenager, I abandoned the chip and used a spoon. We also love variations on the traditional tomato salsa. My grandfather in California gave us peaches and nectarines last week. I Read More