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 [...]
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 in [...]
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 honestly [...]
Yesterday I uncovered the row hoops that I installed in the fall and was shocked to find all kinds of green! While I'd heard it work for others, the rows had gotten so mushed by snow that my hope of vibrant life under the two layers of plastic was thin. I spent all day in [...]
My potatoes arrived today from Seed Savers Exchange and in these cool cotton sacks! French Fingerling and Desiree varieties. The descriptions sound fabulous and I've never grown fingerlings before, so this will be an experiment. Charlie the cat is curious about sharing her sunny window desk with the potatoes and occasionally dominates them by laying [...]
A few days ago I noticed that Snowy, one of our Light Brahmas hens was acting off. She was quiet, off to herself and hunkered down in a little dirt hole. When we went to her, she seemed indifferent – unusual as she's one that doesn't like to be held or pet. The broody hens [...]
The New York Times reports that the White House will have a garden for the first time since Eleanor Rosevelt planted a Victory Garden during World War II. There has been a good deal of activity on the local food scene on this subject. Roger Dorion of Kitchen Gardeners International has been a huge proponent [...]
