gardening

  • Leni’s Summer Tomato Salad

    The first big tomatoes are ripening on the vine; and we did eat three tiny cherry tomatoes yesterday . . . . . .  The cucumbers won’t be fruiting for weeks but I am dreaming of my favorite fresh summer…

  • Houston #2

    Pardon me, I’ve been a bit distracted from my original blog trajectory but I am now back in the groove of my continuing storyline! . . . . While being driven down Alabama Street from having given a foodways talk…

  • Mom’s Day 2010

    One of the best things about being a Mom is you get pergolas! And with a pergola you get trailing vinery – see wisteria at rear left behind the rising smoke from the grill.  And with trailing vinery you fairly…

  • Garden Progress Update

    Starting with the soil; laying out the plan; making the beds; soon the veggies will obscure this view but it is the foundation of my annual gardening. 

  • Garden Fantasy for Spring 2010

    I took advantage of a beautiful day to spend time outdoors in the winter garden with pruners in hand.  With the soil bare and the leaves gone I was checking where the new plants will go come spring and the…