Everything you need to know about how to survive winter can be learned from a chicken. They know how to fluff up their feathers and huddle next to each other for extra heat, how to linger in the warm nesting boxes before breakfast and murmur deep comforting sounds like the chants of Mongolian throat singers. […]
Kitchen Garden Designs at Kripalu Yoga Center
Creating a vegetable garden is much more than just planting seeds; it is a practice that connects us with nature and the beauty that is reflected in the food we eat. A kitchen garden combines art and food in ways that enhance the experience of growing and preparing food. I’ll be teaching a 3 day […]
The Paint Box Garden
I’ll be the first to admit that I have never been a fan of raised bed gardens, until recently. Last spring when I designed a garden for White Flower Farm in Litchfield, Connecticut, we looked at my portfolio of designs and they chose the Paint Box garden, featured in my new book The Complete Kitchen […]
The lost art of the seed catalog.
It’s been 27 years this month since we mailed the first issue of The Cook’s Garden seed catalog to home gardeners. Originally a two-page listing of lettuce and salad greens based on hard to find European seed varieties that we imported from Switzerland, France, Italy and Holland. It was a simple statement against the larger […]
The Complete Kitchen Garden: An Inspired Collection of Garden Designs and 100 Seasonal Recipes
Sticks and Twine.
I am preparing to teach a 3 day garden workshop to be held at the Rowe Center in Rowe, Massachusetts. The class will focus on new ways to plant a kitchen garden, starting with the basic foundations of garden site and design, to include lessons on paths, beds, soil and plant materials. At the end […]
Seed catalogs
Full color photographs are designed to charm the gardener with images yet can be misleading. I take time to read the copy in search of helpful information such as tips for sowing seeds, days to maturity, descriptions of height, sun or part-shade requirements. The best seed catalogs advise on what soil conditions are best for […]
