This stuff really works. I just dug up half a bucket of carrots that have been resting in the ground under a mountain of straw. The ground isn’t frozen and the carrots are gorgeous. I’m thinking about a recipe with carrots, kale and red onions. Maybe with brown rice and/or a soy seared halibut…. Hmm…. [...]
Yesterday, just to prove to Rebecca, our very organized onsite gardener of Gabriella’s Gardens, that I could do it, I filed last year’s seeds. Not alphabetically as she was hinting I should, but by category – greens, heat loving plants like tomatoes, sprawlers like cucs and squash, flowers, herbs and lastly, bushy things. You know, [...]
The rosemary plants are safely in the house, tucked snugly in their terra cotta pots. The piney scent of them is still all over my hands and is wafting around me as I type. Rebecca, our onsite gardener, helped me pull the plants in before the weather got too cold because this time of year [...]
Parsley can sometimes get a bad rap as the overused and poorly thought of garnish on the side of a plate. It carries a clean, bright taste, that holds up to the heavier lentil in this dish. So full of nutrients, Italian flat parsley especially, is a wonderful way to insert color, nutrition and flavor [...]
This ice cream is just waiting for the juicy, red berries that burden the vines on the perimeter of the garden. Of all of the purchases I’ve made for the garden over the years, these have been the most rewarding. They are an everbearing variety (don’t ask me what kind, I’ve completely lost track) and [...]
Grilled Eggplant with Toasted Cumin
When we are lucky enough to have eggplant come from our Maine garden, I really love to treat it simply. So true of how I think of vegetables and garden vegetables in particular. Steamed, lightly seasoned, even roasted, as here, with very little adornment to cover the nuance of flavors you [...]
The new issue of Maine Food and Lifestyle came in the mail today and with it my column on fresh pea soup served hot or cold. Try as we did to make a good looking picture of this beautiful, bright green soup, on film it looks, at best, unappealingly gray and therefore we will absolutely [...]
While I love bright-faced pansies, it was still so cold the day I took the winter decoration of evergreens out of the container gardens and window boxes that I couldn't bring myself to plant them. And then it got below freezing a few nights later and I was glad I didn't. This idea was [...]
And then after we dumped it on the lawn, the girls made a maze with it.
AnnieIt doesn't look like as much as I thought, might have to go back for more.
© 2009 Anne Mahle
Seaweed is apparently excellent fertilizer for the garden. I've heard this before, but couldn't get past how to remove all of the salt from the seaweed without standing over the mess for an hour with the hose running or the sprinkler on, wasting all that water. Or how much to harvest, or where, but [...]
