I spoke to a fellow gardener yesterday who, like may of us, is in a quandary over mountains of tomatoes, many green. Well, I am a big fan of picking all the green ones (I don’t go any smaller than a clementine for saving, but this is just my own personal creed) and bringing them … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Vegetable recipes
This is our dog Uli… she eats cucumbers in the garden
And we’ve given up trying to stop her. I figure, there are worse things a dog could eat. And they don’t seem to upset her tummy. As a matter of fact she looks great and she has so much energy. I grow the cucumbers up a trellis in my small space vegetable garden, which works … Continue reading »
Basil Hay Day
Whenever I see a bouquet of basil at the grocery store for $5, I say a little thank-you prayer for my stand of it out back in my veggie garden. I will always overplant basil. Undoubtedly, some will bite it on that first killing frost, but even then, it is rather like freeze-drying a batch. … Continue reading »
Rhubarb: That Familiar Ruffled Mound
I am on a campaign to put a rhubarb plant, that king of perennial vegetables, in every garden in America. I confess… there were many years I never touched the stuff. Yet, the old reliable anchored the corner of my vegetable garden, asking little, offering odd shoots of seedheads and fodder for the compost, and … Continue reading »
The Muscles from Brussels Sprouts
God, I love brussels sprouts (and I always thought it was brussel sprouts). This is odd considering I am a person who can count with one hand the foods I don’t especially care for, and they use to be on the countdown. That all changed about a year ago. I was making a special dinner … Continue reading »
