Of Bumblebees and One Local Summer-week 8

On Saturday morning, I went out to check on the Pattypan plants that are limping along in the lasagna bed and there were five huge open blossoms…each with a sleeping bumble bee in it. Actually, one blossom had TWO sleeping bumblebees. At first I thought, holy mackerel, these plants are poisonous and are killing the [...]

What’s going on in the background

There’s always something happening while I’m busy with meal preparations and I seldom have anyone in the kitchen to help me. Sometimes this is just the way I want it, to have the kitchen and my thoughts all to myself. But other times I feel like the little red hen and get all overwhelmed by [...]

Limp on the vine

I never did post the follow-up to my zucchini post. Probably because it turned out to be not so exciting. As a matter of fact, I left him waiting a day too long and all the bluster and show tunes drained out of him. I found him just lying there in the straw, looking exhausted [...]

One Local Summer 2007, Week 7, Grilled Pizza Re-redux

I missed last week’s post, and that was a meal of grilled pizza with non-local cheese, and a bunch of local veggie salads. Last night my boss had a big party at his gorgeous home and I brought along my nearly 100% local grilled pizza. I’m so inventive! I made a ragout of eggplant, onion, [...]

Zucchini Porn

A quick walkabout in the garden before I went off to the harmony sing last night revealed an almost-ready-to-pick Costata Romanesca growing up out of the cluster of stalks like a, well…you know. I didn’t have time to grab the camera, but here’s a shot of the same one that I took on Sunday last. [...]

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