State of the Garden
Rhubarb, turnips, onions, jalapeno, tomatoes
Morning Puja
This morning, after I stretched and then sat for meditation, I went out in the garden. I watered and weeded. I picked greens and herbs and cherry tomatoes to bring to work as part of my lunch. I usually work… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden (and a Dinner for Friends)
Garden greens with baby carrots and sprouted beluga lentils, with Dijon mustard vinaigrette; spring onion and quinoa torte with eggs from my friend’s hens. Black olives, roasted soy nuts for salad as diners choose, tarragon and mint to refresh palate. … (READ MORE)
State of the Garden (First Rose)
State of the Garden
One of the key teachings about yoga sadhana (practice) is that results best or sometimes only can possibly come with steady commitment for a long period of time. The red maple in my front garden (really more of a giant tree… (READ MORE)
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.
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)
Furlough Week Two — Sutras
First too hot, now cool. It wasn’t until the weather cooled and the reality of a second week of work not being done that needs to be done to meet deadlines that the impulse arose to make the first batch… (READ MORE)
The Goddess(es) and the Green Tomatoes
When someone tells me I need to see the Divine I can get anxious that they mean I’m supposed to see whatever that person thinks is “the Divine.” I don’t think anyone ever should be required to do so by… (READ MORE)
Night Blooming Cereus
A gift from a friend–from a cutting from a cutting from my friend’s mother’s garden. It almost always blooms around this date.