Fresh Herbal Infusion
The latest batch of chilled infusion made with herbs just picked from the garden: Peppermint, spearmint, lemon balm, licorice mint, fresh stevia. Served with a few blueberries just for fun.
Grown-up Popsicles
I thought about blueberry lemonade, but the blueberries from the farmer’s market are too good to be popsicles. I want to eat them by the handful fresh. Instead, I paired pink grapefruit juice with minced peppermint from the garden and… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden
One red and one yellow cherry tomato were ripe this morning. The first of the season in my garden. Just in time for the solstice. It should come as no surprise that I ate them before I had a chance… (READ MORE)
Ghee
Just as I by complete coincidence was making ghee, the mail carrier misdelivered my neighbor’s Time magazine. The debates will no doubt continue. We hunger for simplistic rules that apply equally to all. So much easier than conscious and responsible… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden
The polar vortices must have been good for the grape kiwi. After years of being barely productive, it is flourishing wildly. Sometimes it takes, as we can learn from mindfully practiced yoga asana, a stressor to stimulate growth or needed… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden (Gratitude Practice)
From left to right, pak choi, spinach, baby turnip, new onion, coriander
State of the Garden
Found Exhortation
Last Year’s Kale
To make room to plant seeds and seedlings of the cool weather greens, today I pulled most of the kale that overwintered. I’m not quite sure how it survived even the visitation of the polar vortices, but my garden is… (READ MORE)
Spring Cleanse?
Though there is still snow on the ground, the days are about to be longer than the nights, and my inbox is full of both expensive and discount offers for cleanses of various sorts, and I’m seeing Facebook posts asking… (READ MORE)