dreams and bones

Well the Fair has come and gone and now the work of harvest management begins in earnest.  I was very pleased to take a first place in heir...

The garlic harvest has begun.  This year I have decided to put the drying screen under the oak tree near the beds and "pre-dry" t...

Back in February, about the time I was planting artichoke seeds, I started some celery seed.  Celery is new for me, and I wanted to see if f...

I grow a variety of zucchini called Raven.  It produces a dark 7"-8" compact fruit.  But this year I have a problem. Bad sexual ti...

I think it was Nigel Slater's vegetable tome entitled Tender that interested me in growing fava beans.  Last year I took an initial sta...

The tomatoes are, of course the main act in the garden.  I HAD been holding at 29 plants when yesterday, I was able to carve out space for n...

I decided the best way to re-enter the habit of regular posting was to start with a picture.  Here is a picture of the new deer fence.  I m...

Well, well, well.  Missing in Action indeed.  Just a note to say I AM still alive and I have not given up either on gardening OR on bloggin...

I have read rhapsodic blog entries about fava beans over the years.  This might not be the best year for me to experiment with a new crop, b...

I returned to the garden on Thursday evening to find that good friends had tended faithfully to the watering chores and saved me from this v...

This is a different season ... a different spring.  I will not return to the garden until mid-July.  I have 21 tomatoes....

This has not been a gardener's spring.  We are trying to get our DC house ready for sale, and I have been missing in action from the g...

Around 3:30 each afternoon I start to think about what will go on the plate for dinner. There is something very satisfying about being able...

I hate to let a month go without at least ONE post. I have little gardening news to report. The garlic has stored well and I am still have...

I took a look out the window at this morning's snowy landscape and decided I needed to leaven it with a touch of August memories. I roo...

We are in Paris, and exploring local markets with a vengeance . I came home with WAY too much frisée on Saturday. .... Travel adventures ar...

The days are getting so short that pictures of both sunrise and sunset are not hard to come by. Yesterday was particularly stunning with so...

These are local turkeys raised in a field near my house. I have one happily in my freezer for later consumption as I will be eating at anot...

The title here is from one of the lyrics quirks that kids come up with ... like Round John Virgin in Silent Night. It is a child's misi...

I thought before too much of the post season passed by, I would pose this question. What does this picture have to do with this picture? Th...