Grapes just picked from the garden. Concord grapes are a native, so they thrive really well. Crostini with beluga lentil sprouts and “Russian Mix” sprouts from the “Sprout People” (includes onion and caraway); almond butter, avocado; and a dash of… (READ MORE)
Amazing cloud formations tonight–play of sun and shade–before settling into a juicy thunderstorm. The garden and the trees are drinking up. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Sometimes at the top of the list of that for which I am grateful are the problems that I have. I fully appreciate my good fortune in only having problems I can handle in one way or another. Not every… (READ MORE)
After eating homemade popsicles. This week’s variation: lemon, lime, with white nectarine. The liquid was an chilled tisane with herbs from the garden; the sweetener, local honey. The farmers at the market were packing to go home. Tomatoes and peaches… (READ MORE)
I’d heard that concentrated garlic spray worked to keep mosquitoes out of the yard. I admit that I was skeptical. I’m one of those people who will get a mosquito bite on the 5th floor of a building with windows… (READ MORE)
I thought perhaps that I was still dreaming when I heard the soft patter of early morning rain. It has been so unfortunately dry. There was no rain in the forecast–only impending blistering heat–for days to come. But a cool… (READ MORE)
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
To deny or ignore the future is not the same as living in the present. To live perfectly in the present as a responsible and engaged part of the collective being, one must still plan for the future that will… (READ MORE)
Mixed greens (white and ruby chard, mizuna, kale), green coriander, thai basil. Not shown because eaten while gardening: small handfull of greenbeans, two sugar snap pea pods, one cherry tomato, six blueberries.
Lavender from the garden for the yoga practice room.