I spent several hours of this glorious weekend toiling in the garden. Aside from some sunburn, it felt really good to be out there. I did some weeding, sowed some beet seeds, excavated some invasive vine roots, and (most importantly) planted the bare-root strawberries and seed potatoes I got in the mail this week. Meanwhile, [...]
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Weekend Photos: Dirt and Blossoms
Posted in Gardening, tagged cherry blossoms, DC, photos, potatoes, strawberries on March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My Mother’s Vegetable Garden
Posted in Gardening, tagged blueberries, brandywines, Brussels sprouts, Gardening, heirloom tomatoes, late blight, lettuce, Olympia, peas, raised beds, salad greens, strawberries, tomatoes on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This year my mother decided to put in some raised beds out on the south side of the house, where there’s enough sun to grow vegetables. Thanks to her hard work and one of the sunniest Olympia summers on record, her beds are positively overflowing with produce: From left to right, she is growing salad [...]
Guerilla Gardening
Posted in Gardening, tagged guerilla gardening, strawberries, urban gardening on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This past winter I heard about the website Sharing Backyards, which connects landless wannabe gardeners with people who have gardens, but don’t want to garden themselves. (This is the same site that helped the guys over at The New Urban Sharecroppers get a yard to garden in. ) I was surprised to see that someone [...]
Summer Arrives at the Market
Posted in Food, tagged cauliflower, cherries, eggplants, jalapenos, peppers, photos, squash, squash blossoms, strawberries, tomatillos, tomatoes, zucchini on June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In the spring the farmers market would have perhaps one or two new vegetables each week, in addition to all the old stand-bys like potatoes and storage onions and overwintering kale. The start of asparagus season was a Very Big Deal. Then the next week ramps would be the hot new thing. But now it [...]
Salad Suggestion: Add Strawberries
Posted in Food, Recipes, tagged basil, herbs, peas, salad, salad greens, strawberries on May 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last week The Arugula Files posted about a delicious-sounding salad with arugula, strawberries, and feta with a red wine vinaigrette. Both visually and taste-wise, strawberries really do make a great addition to salads. Their sweet, tart flavor is a pleasing contrast to both mild and bitter salad greens, and they also pair well with other [...]
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