I do not know why it took me all those years to finally cook an entire Reunionese meal for friends.
Maybe it was because I did not think anybody would be interested. I am relieved to say that was not at all the case. In fact, I was asked to please make more of them in [...]
I’ve been waiting for them not- so-patiently. It’s probably been the hardest year in the garden since we moved here - at least when comparing input to output. It’s been a rough year weather- wise, following several years of rough-weather.
This year we had no spring; summer and drought arrived in April; we broiled in July [...]
Read More..>>Early Girl is blushing!
The rest of them Amish Paste, Green Zebra, Cherokee Purple, San Marzano,White Wonder et all are actually looking pretty good.
Just not ripening yet!
Read More..>>Back in January, I seeded tomatoes because I confidently was going to harvest tomatoes in June (for the record, it has happened in the past).
Today is July 12; have I harvested a tomato yet? No. Emphatically and sadly no. I mean a “real” tomato, a handful of cherry tomatoes absolutely do not count. This is [...]
Yesterday I knew summer was here.
How did I know it? No, not because the temperature was - again! - over 90 (over 32 C) in the shade; 116 (47 C!!!) in the sun insisted the thermometer (wish I misread that). Not because the creek is drying up - although it is and we need rain [...]
Read More..>>I do not recommend trying to make ice-cream at a 4-H Camp without an ice-cream maker, without electricity, in 90 ° F weather (32 C) and in 20 minutes. It just does.not.work. The kids were good sports about tossing or shaking leaky bags full of ice, but it was a complete failure. They were also [...]
Read More..>>The June garden can be quite overwhelming. There is a lot to seed still, a lot to rip out, a lot to build, a lot to maintain, a lot to harvest, and a lot to clear and get ready for the next crop. We plant continuously here at Laughing Duck gardens, and try to put [...]
Read More..>>It’s sour cherry time - or rather, sour cherries are just over here in the Virginia Piedmont. A kind cherry tree owner offered me their tree to pick, and I gratefully enjoyed the privilege. But as the garden is going gangbusters (with planting, harvesting, cleaning and maintaining - ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!), I have [...]
Read More..>>Picking up strawberries in the garden on a warm day is a true sensual experience.
Your eyes are caught by the bright vermilion peeking not-so-shyly from under dark green leaves; your fingers caress grainy plumpness; the warmth of the noon sun radiates on your back; the whole garden is humming around you; the heady perfume [...]
Read More..>>Shirley Poppies grow in my garden, prosaically in the asparagus bed, and next to the row of cabbages, and intermingled with the chicory. They reseed themselves in all kinds of nooks and crannies, next to the chard and the lettuce - so fragile looking yet so tough … and so tenacious. They were bred in [...]
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