Lately, I’ve been thinking about families with young children. Mostly about cooking with children, especially this time of year. When my children were young, we made gingerbread houses, hosted Christmas cookie parties, and turned up The Nutcracker Suite. The act of cooking and gardening with children always leads to a messy clean-up, yet the memories […]
Gingerbread House Recipe
Every Christmas when my children were young, we made gingerbread houses along with Christmas cookies. We turned up the music for the Nutcracker and the kitchen became an art room full of activity and creativity. The act of cooking (and gardening) with children always leads to a messy clean-up, yet the memories have a long-lasting […]
Brussels Sprouts with Cashew Dressing
Interview: Select Heirloom Seeds
Marilyn Barlow, Select Seeds Catalog “What is an antique flower?” asks Marilyn Barlow, the founder and owner of Select Seeds, in the introduction to her seed catalog which lists over five hundred varieties of antique and heirloom flowers. Her mission is to lure you into this colorful and fragrant world and convince you to grow […]
Interview: Scatterseed Project
Will Bonsall, Sustainable Gardener and Seed Saver at Scatterseed Project “Genetic diversity is the hedge between us and global famine,” writes Will Bonsall, author of Will Bonsall’s Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening and founder of the Scatterseed Project. In the Western Maine Mountains, Bonsall collects, maintains, and distributes plants and seeds, many of them rare […]
