Look before you weed: some plants you are throwing out or composting might make a great addition to your diet. Purslane and dandelion greens make a delicious addition to the other greens in my garden — chard, spinach, arugula, mache,… (READ MORE)
a pole bean, and two radiantly golden cherry tomatoes. I have been waiting months for those four exquisite bites. Turnip greens and amaranth, included in my morning meal. Two baby japanese eggplants, one hot pepper, a handful of scallions will… (READ MORE)
A couple of weeks ago, a good friend gave me a box of perfect vidalia onions. She had been given two boxes. She said, “These onions were so good; I wanted to give them to someone who would truly appreciate… (READ MORE)
World Wide Knit in Public Day is this weekend — June 13th (and 14, 20, and 21). What will you be knitting? I have started a pair of leg-warmers. The pattern was really for ankle warmers, but I have chosen… (READ MORE)
“For him who is moderate in food and play, moderate in performing actons, moderate in sleep and waking, for him is the yoga which destroys sorrow.” Bhagavad Gita, 6.18 (trans. Gitartha Samgraha, in Abhinavagupta’s Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita). Food… (READ MORE)
I woke completely refreshed this morning, even though it was a very long work week, I taught two classes yesterday, I have lots to do today, and it promises to be a stressful work week coming. The sense of well-restedness… (READ MORE)
Geeta Iyengar, in Yoga, A Gem for Women, sums up the proper diet according to Ayurveda as follows: “A balanced diet, in moderation, is the best. Ayurveda says that the stomach should be filled with two parts of solid food… (READ MORE)
Enjoying some edible flowers (pansies, marigolds, nasturtiums, chive and basil flowers) and found myself wishing I had borage and bee balm in my garden. I’ve tried in the past, but they tend to take up more space than I have… (READ MORE)
The Self in man and in the sun are one./ Those who understand this see through the world/ And go beyond the various sheaths/ Of being to realize the unity of life./ Those who realize that all life is one/… (READ MORE)
Yesterday I went out into the garden first thing and fed and deadheaded and trimmed and harvested and pulled seedlings and rearranged and swept for several hours. One of the most delightful things about planting decoratively with herbs and greens… (READ MORE)