Kitchen Gardening

Vegetable Literacy & Shishito Peppers

I had a belated mothers day well wishing call with my mom yesterday.  We missed each other on Sunday.  She really enjoyed one of the gifts that I sent to her….which was a copy of Deborah Madison’s new cookbook Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom.  I have a [...]

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Foraging with Tama Matsuoka Wong

I am so grateful for this handy visual guide to greens that can be foraged in the early spring (or at least as soon as the snow melts!).  The collection is part of a foraging story in the current issue of Martha Stewart Living.  Tama Matsuoka Wong (co-author of the lovely book Foraged Flavor: Finding [...]

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Before & After: Rebecca & Staffan’s Terraced Garden

This is a special Valentines edition of our Thursday garden makeovers.   Its pretty flowers and charming white walls are so valentines cheery. But mostly I picked it because of this – this is Rebecca & Staffan’s wedding picture — right there in the under construction garden next to the concrete mixer.  Making a garden together (and a [...]

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Daily Garden : The BBQ Herb Garden

Today’s daily garden was designed by Secret Gardens of Sydney,  Australia.  This garden is just beautiful and truly a showpiece for keeping it simple and making the most of a small town garden.   The herb pot surrounding the BBQ is my favorite part, but here are some other views of this great design.

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Seasonal Cocktails – Rhubarb-tini

Holiday 2012 Archive Dive — Here is another Rhubarb Cocktail idea…this one seems very festive! I am late in posting because I am still coming off the exhaustion and fun of this weekend.   I joined one of my dearest oldest friends in NYC for 2 nights, where we shopped until we dropped.   Wedding dresses and [...]

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Garden Harvest Infusions

Reposting for Holiday 2012 Archive Dive.  Our theme is Rhubarb — and I think Rhubarb Bourbon has a nice holiday appeal! image from ny times. It’s the last day of school, and last Friday was my birthday (but I didn’t have a celebration drink with some friends, as I was in Colorado) so I am [...]

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Rhubarb Forcers, “Night Soil” & Big Pot Classes

I am feeling confident that my rhubarb plants have finally taken to my garden and so, finally, I can resonably justify trying to force rhubarb. Forced rhubarb provies an earlier, sweeter and more tender stalk.  This seems like a vague reason to give it a try, and then there are the implements.   In order [...]

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