Recent Posts Tagged With 'gardening'

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

  Posted on Saturday August 15th, 2009 at 09:27 in cooking, gardening, home and garden books

  Everyday life in suburbia can be short on miracles. Perhaps that's why I've re-read Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Lifeseveral times.Her miracles are the natural graces that turn seeds, earth, water, and sunshine int...

• Beautiful Bountiful Basil

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 22:19 in gardening, fresh herbs

  This is the season for basil in our balcony pots. We julienne it and put it on top of almost any lunch or supper dish: grains, beans, soup. Its big whole leaves are a luxurious substitute for lettuce in sandwiches. It tastes richly green and a bi...

• Squirrel-Proofing the Planters

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 18:11 in books, gardening, fresh herbs

  Ever since I started gardening in planters on the porch and balcony here, squirrels have occasionally dug holes in them. They like the soft dirt. By the time the plants have grown enough to fill the planter, the squirrels don't dig. But a planter ...

• Parsley, Basil, Rosemary & Thyme

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 18:50 in books, cooking, gardening, fresh herbs

  Fresh herbs are wonderful.Fresh herbs grown at home so you can pick them right before you use them are even more wonderful.I've always liked to keep a bunch of parsley in the refrigerator. It keeps better than lettuce and its bright green taste makes...