Herbs & Leafy Greens

EDIBLE FLOWERS are all around us, both wild and cultivated, and now that it’s summer, consider garnishing your plate with a dance of vibrant colors to arouse the appetite. Flowers in the kitchen are primarily decorative, yet eye appeal is not the only virtue of edible flowers, since many offer a range of flavor, and health benefits. With over […]

SPRING GREENS are my only hope, as I wait for winter to end. I gaze longingly out my kitchen window for signs of spring and imagine the first tiny, tender shoots that will emerge in the garden, thinking about all the food that I can grow. It only takes a few seconds to push a […]

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 […]

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 […]