A dried bean appears to be dead. Hard as a rock, void of nutrients. Add water, and you can revitalize the bean and transform it into a creamy, nutritious mush. Still, although I love all kinds of beans, beans are still full of starch. However, a sprouted bean is just beginning to create new life [...]
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My first introduction into gardening was by my mother, of course. I was less than five years old the morning she dedicated a 4×4 square plot of our yard to me. “This was my very own flower garden,” she said. The first plants we planted were Morning Roses. Not really roses, as they had fern-like [...]
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I dream of a day when I can grow tomatoes, right next to the corn, smack dab in the front yard. Why hide those gorgeous vegetables in the back? Besides, my best light is in the front… my tomatoes are never ready before frost in my shady back yard. But, until the day comes when [...]
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We love fennel. We love cutting it up in little pieces and broiling it with salt and olive oil. We use it like croutons on salads, and the boys simply just eat them by the handfuls. We use the “base” to cook… and then I stick the fronds in a vase, so that the boys can [...]
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It’s been unseasonably warm. We are still waiting on winter — but from the looks at the forecast — it’s not coming around again until November. Snow appeared once or twice — but no long spells of cold Mid-West temperatures. Weeds that were growing when we raked leaves last fall, are still green… the air [...]
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I may have had a couple of zucchini’s left… but the mother-lode of the season was clearly, hands-down, the Nasturtiums. Yes, our front yard looks amazing this fall… which might explain why I had so many squireels snacking on my front porch? This was taken before the squirrels arrived… Desperate to get those flowers and [...]
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Miraculously, just before the frost hit here, I still had some zucchinis thriving in the yard — with blossoms. So, I made these. And I ate them up. To make them, slice your zucchini into little rectangular shapes. Mix some olive oil, basil, Parmesan cheese, salt and bread crumbs — yes… I used Rice Chex [...]
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The Nasturtium seeds I planted back in February did make it, but it seemed to take forever. They are now in full, I mean, abundant, sidewalk sweeping view all the way up to my front walk, where four very large vibrant pumpkins are sitting, right below the orange and black spidery-feathery wreath. I’d show you a picture of [...]
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