Photo by Judith Hausman Combine sturdy vegetables with new and delicate ones to make this vegetable risotto. This recipe continues with the theme of grain-based vegetarian dinners, a celebration of the new garden season in my kitchen. It combines the old and sturdy (giant, wintered-over carrots and leeks) and the new and delicate (broccoli rabe […]
Several years ago, I built a trellis for a clematis in our front garden. We quickly established that that I had built it too small.
Mom's making greeting cards like her Christmas holiday cards featuring Esme to give her friends as gifts.
Photo by Michelle Griffen Sneaky Bandit has been spending a lot of time next door. For the past few months, Bandit, the Corgi who belongs to my roommate, Michelle, has been disappearing from the backyard. We finally figured out that he was sneaking through a gap between the fence and the brick wall high up […]
Photo Courtesy of Seeds of Change Seeds of Change, an organic seed and food company, recently launched a campaign to get 25 million seeds to elementary schools across the country. The goal of the “Sowing Millions, Growing Minds” campaign is to get children to plant school gardens, a growing trend to help children learn where […]
Break the ice at your next farmstead gathering with questions that prompt guests to open up about their lives on the farm.
I always learn so much at Master Gardener events and was thrilled to take home these three gems of information.
Boost plant growth sans chemicals by adding one of these natural fertilizers to your garden.
Add nutritional value to your homemade soaps using milk or vegetable-based ingredients, and leave your skin feeling soft and moisturized.
Make homemade soap from milk using this basic recipe from soapmaker Martha Enriquez of Pine Lane Soaps.
Photo by Judith Hausman For a heartier meal, add sauteed sausage and chopped tomatoes to this herb and walnut pasta. Though not truly wild like garlic mustard, fiddleheads or lambs quarters, mint, chive and thyme are tough little survivors on my rocky, deer-scoured property. These fragrant growers have found a way to sneak up through the […]
