Kitchen Garden Recipes
Seasonal recipes from the garden to table. Ellen Ecker Ogden's recipes using garden-fresh vegetables, herbs, and fruits feature beautiful photography.
Borlotti (Cranberry) Bean and Farro Salad
Brussels Sprouts Slaw with Cashew Dressing
Heirloom Flower of 2020
Every gardener has favorites, and Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, or Polygonum orientale is mine. An heirloom flower, it grows at the entrance to the kitchen garden, yet equally dramatic along a garden garden. The seeds originated in China, yet has been a mainstay in American heirloom flower gardens for over a century and the bees adore it. The […]
Summer Herb Butter
Fresh Herb Salt
Recipe for Strawberry Jam (without Pectin)
Pesto Chicken Summer Salad
Community Gardens
June 3: Community Gardens. Yesterday, while the world was in turmoil with rioting on the streets, I felt a sense of ease, as I walked through the gate of our local community garden. Instead of noticing the weeds, the jumble of plastic pots, the slap dash methods that gardeners were using to plant their gardens, […]
Rhubarb Crumb Coffee Cake
Designing the Kitchen Garden
Designing the kitchen garden takes strategy, time and vision. In my new weekly design class, I share give you tools to take home to your edible landscape. Whether it is a new garden or renovating an established garden, in this class you’ll learn savvy techniques to establish good bones of a design. Participants also learn […]