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Tomato Grazing All Year Long
As usual we’ve planted a lot of tomatoes. I always wonder if maybe this year, maybe finally we’ve gone too far, too many tomatoes. But that’s never the case. I heard the other day that eight tomato...
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Planting Tomatoes
Tomatoes are in. I mean in the ground, tucked in for their season. A relief when they’re snugged into little raised beds, blanketed by compost and red plastic, fertilized, safe and sound right where...
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Putting food by . . . Pickles
Summer’s waning and you just want to kick back, have another vacation weekend, another picnic, tweak the garden, spend time with a daughter, a husband, a friend . . . but nay, produce beckons. For some...
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Peachy Mornings on the Horizon
. . . thanks to Billy. In the pouring rain we dashed in and out of our farmers market the other morning with solid intention to buy only what we needed for dill pickle making – cukes, garlic and fresh...
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Last ditch plunder from the garden . . . pesto
Miraculous, since basil hates cool weather, that it hasn’t turned funky this past week. The opportune moment to preserve it might have been two or three weeks ago, but now will work. Turning our...
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Spring Flings From the Garden: Rhubarb & Rosemary, Sorrel & Chives
Fresh young mounds of sorrel and rhubarb beckon from the backyard, all dewy and green. While winter veggies are on the wane, they are garden sirens. For god’s sake, we’re at our prime, have your way...
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Roasted Tomato Sauce, A Walk in the Park
In the day or two before leaving on vacation I’m running around like crazy, and really, I wouldn’t mind a walk in the park. I’ll be in *Desolation Sound, maybe kayaking, maybe swimming or tide...
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Tomato Love Gone Bad
I love tomatoes. I wish I could eat them three times a day, 365 days a year. Thankfully, I cannot – there ‘s usually a price to pay for such indulgence. And it’s more than that. As the northern...
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Umami at the Winter Farmers Market
In the middle of January, it amazes me that we still have a farmers market on Saturdays in the University District. I go every chance I get but I’ll have to admit that I’ve started looking for...
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