Everyone grows tomatoes, and it seems everyone has their favorites. Mine have always been the Yellow Persimmon tomatoes, followed by Green Zebra and Big Rainbow. This trio are gorgeous in the garden, and stunning on a plate layered with basil and mozzarella cheese. It’s hard not to give every inch of the garden over to […]
Baba Ganoush
Heirloom Yellow Tomato Gazpacho
Heirloom Yellow Tomato Gazpacho with Basil Makes 6 servings Heirloom Persimmon tomatoes are my top pick for this unconventional gazpacho, which is both sweet and tangy as a traditional Gazpacho, with a hint of citrust from the orange or peach. Make it as spicy or mellow as you wish, depending on the amount of hot pepper you prefer Hand chop, […]
Pesto Swirl Rolls
Pesto Swirl Rolls Makes 24 rolls | Pesto Swirl Rolls are a surefire recipe for bringing to a summer potluck, and a good change from serving pesto over pasta. Roll out a basic recipe for bread, spread with pesto and roll up. Place in muffin pan and bake. Serve hot or room temperature, these savory […]
Blueberry Zucchini Bread
Sweet Corn and Cucumber Salad
Sweet corn and cucumber summer salad is sweet and chunky. The fresh cilantro gives is a fresh salsa twang, that goes well with grilled chicken marinated in lemon garlic with fresh rosemary. Serve cupped in a leaf of butterhead lettuce and head out to eat on the porch. One of the secret ingredients is a hint of smoked […]
Garden Benches
A bench in the garden does not guarantee that a gardener will sit still for a moment, but it provides the opportunity as well as a welcome reminder to take a moment to reflect and enjoy the garden. There is nothing like a well placed bench when you’ve been toiling in the garden. I’ve always […]
How to Build a Rustic Trellis
A natural rustic trellis is one of most beautiful ways to enhance and create a portal into the garden, and while the final result may look natural, it is not as easy to build as it may look. It takes measuring, a bit of skill and good tools, and a whole lot of creativity. It […]
Garden Arts: Terra Cotta Pottery
First stop on last weekends garden tour was to meet a friend at White Flower Farm in Litchfield County, CT. We had plans to tour as many garden as possible, on the Garden Conservancy open days tours. Before we visited the magnificent borders, we were immediately drawn to a collection of rustic looking pottery on […]
The Salad Journal
The lettuce in my garden is in it’s glory. Between the cool spring temperatures and the rain, it has been slow to grow and slow to bolt. There is nothing I love more than clipping my own salad, yet when lettuce is this beautiful I have a hard time harvesting it. So before I get […]
Rhubarb Pie ( with ginger and lemon)
Refreshingly tart and slightly sweet, my recipe for rhubarb pie has a crumb topping and is comprised of three parts: dough, filling and topping. Start with the dough, since it needs to chill, and make it an hour before you plan to bake it. This recipe makes just one crust for the bottom layer, so double it […]
A Salad Lover’s Garden
You may be lucky to have grown up with gardening parents, yet most of the truly fine gardeners I know still consider themselves amateurs. A good gardener is someone who makes it look easy, but the truth is that growing a garden is actually a lot of hard work. If gardeners gave up growing the […]
