Photo by Rick Gush Fortunately, my favorite peppers grow more abundantly in Italy than my former U.S. home. Some of my favorite peppers in the garden now are friggitelli, which are the same as the cubanelle peppers I used to grow in California. In California, these were an oddity, but here in Italy, they are […]
Our strawberries were lousy this year. The fruits were puny, bland, and few and far between. I couldn't even harvest enough to make a single batch of strawberry jam—and I know why: Our strawberry patch needs a makeover.
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Photo by Judith Hausman This carrot-radish salad would be good in a hummus, falafel or turkey sandwich, too. I wasn’t a big fan of radishes until I helped my garden-mate, Vicki the Radish Queen, grow some. Instead of imparting a burnt, dry flavor, they now say “crisp” and “zingy” to me. White-and-green Icicle radishes; round, […]
My 8-acres of forest—planted to oak, black walnut, elm and ash—has filled in with more than its share of cottonwood and box elder. Had I planted my trees in rows, I could have simply mowed the errant seedlings, but my trees were broadcast seeded and grew the old fashioned way: where they wanted.
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Photo courtesy of www.revivalfoods.com Revival Foods cruises around Georgia, offering fresh produce in areas that don’t have access to it. You don’t have to wake up early on Saturday mornings to buy locally grown foods. Creative farmers have found a way to bring their produce to you. A spinoff of food trucks, mobile farmers markets […]
Photo by Rick Gush Loquats are often sweeter when picked fresh from a feral tree. One day when I was 12, I discovered a fruiting loquat tree on my walk home from school. I ate a lot of loquats that year, and I’ve since enjoyed hunting for free loquats. Loquat, Eriobotyra japonica, is certainly one […]
As usual, there’s so much work to be done in the garden that I can barely keep up! One of the tasks I've been delaying (simply because it's one of my least favorites) is deadheading.
Photo by Judith Hausman Any hard cheese will work in this tomato cheese biscuit recipe. I love community cookbooks because they are historical artifacts. Measurements might be a “soup spoon” of honey or “butter, the size of an egg.” Casseroles might use “convenience foods,” such as canned mushroom soup, and salads might be based on green […]
An old friend of mine called this spring with the news that he and his wife were buying 15 acres in the country. They had gotten a real good deal on the place, but the buildings were in questionable shape.
