Garlic obsessed

I’m a little obsessed. I love growing garlic. I love eating it too of course. I love the smell of it. I love the earthy goodness of it. I love roasting it and using it in salad dressings, or marinating with it. Back at the end of July I harvested my garlic crop, which I…

2009 Veggie Garden Review in Pictures

Well… yesterday, the first day of November, I harvested the very last of my veggies, the single head of radicchio that didn’t bolt in the spring, the teeny parsnips and the skinny leeks. We grilled the leeks and the radicchio and dressed them simply with a little balsamic, lemon, olive oil and salt and pepper,…

Tomatoes!

I took this shot a few weeks ago when my tomato harvest was peaking. Ahh the good ‘ol days. The big orange ones in the middle are Goldie – and they are beauties. I’m actually still getting a few of those off the vine. They’re a later variety. The big pinky one just above those…

Last of the summer veggies

Well I think fall has officially arrived, with all this cool, windy, wet weather. I’m not really complaining — we actually did need a good rain. But I had hoped we’d get a little more warm weather and sun to help me ripen off the last of the tomatoes. I’m leaving them out there for…