How to Make Wild Plum Sorbet
Who needs store bought when you can pick them for free? It's a marvel really.
These wild plums can be found peppering hillsides, gardens and...
Spring Greens with Jicama, Cilantro & Lime
Do your taste buds rule the roost? I started thinking about cilantro and cumin and sunflower seeds and had to put them together. The...
How to Make a Cold Processed Fruit Shrub
One of my latest obsessions are cold brewed shrubs.
What’s a shrub? Only the most unlikely and equally as wonderful combination of fresh fruit,...
Container Garden Carrots from Seed to Plate
Behind every carrot is a carrot lover. If that's not you, well maybe you haven't had the luck to eat one that's homegrown?
Warming weather...
Make the Best Ever Blueberry Pie
What I look forward to most in summer isn't just days at the beach and bare feet. It's more than my garden, the blooms...
Winter Harvest Stew with Carrot & Apple
This winter harvest stew with carrot and apple is a new family favorite. It’s really a stoup because it’s chock-full of veggies and it’s...
Cooking with Edible Flowers: Garden Fresh Summer Rolls & More
Looking for simple, easy ways to cook with edible flowers?
I have a few, all-time favorite recipes and tops on the list are summer rolls....
Fall Gardening Tips: Making the Most of Your Pumpkin Harvest
When in season, it's pumpkin everything. Pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie... and that warm, fuzzy place they fill since childhood. From planting to...
Preserving Herbs: Make Your Own Herb Infused Vinegar
Have fun with your harvest -- and don't let a single leaf (or flower) go to waste. Make your own herb-infused vinegar to preserve...
My Surprise Crop: Tomatillos
This season yielded my most generous crop of tomatillos yet. It's a happy surprise and bit of a puzzler -- it's always interesting to...
Pickled Beets 3 Ways
Tom Robbins wrote in his book, Jitterbug Perfume, “Breathe properly. Stay Curious. And eat your beets.”
If this is a recipe for a happy life,...
Winter Beacon
It's fitting that pomegranates are ripe and ready at the holiday season. Like the warm glow of a candle on a short day, or...
3 Reasons to Love Apricot Season
It's apricot season and I'm reminded of why they're so amazing.
One. They never taste as good as they do right now. Time for picking...
Lemon Verbena | An Herb with a Twist
Lemon Verbena is one of those herbs. One for the must-grow and learn to cook list. It’s fragrance is amazing, enough to send you...
Fava Bean Foraging
Fava beans are either a cover crop with perks or an amazing food plant with perks. I haven't decided the order but it's definitely...
Spring Onion Soup With Parmesan Crostini
It may sound like I'm stretching things a bit but, just like fine wine, onions are a reflection of region and soil type. You...
Jam Making 101 | Hard Earned Sweetness
What could be better than picking and eating summer berries? Picking, eating and having enough left over to make homemade jam. Pie is amazing...
Four Fab Edible Flowers
Some are honey bee hubs, others are pungent and peppery. There are modest, girl-next-door types while a few pack some punch. However they come...
Dirt-to-Dinner
Dirt-to-dinner, garden-to-table, farm-to-fork, fork-to-mouth... what does it all mean?
Not long ago I got a call from an old friend, Greg Gearheart. He's an organizer...
Rose Hip Jelly
All rose hips are edible and nutritious (offering one of the most concentrated sources of vitamin C) but, as with any fruit, some taste...
