Kiwi, Strawberry and Pineapple Guava Blossom Salad was lunch today. Grilling, stir-fry, salads and soups are about all I manage to make these days, with an occasional batch of homemade biscuits or cornbread. Today, I thought, what do I have that I can make to go with my dwindling pineapple guava blossoms? This is what [...]
I thought I’d have some fun in the garden on St. Patrick’s Day! We had a June-gloomy kind of day, so I put on bright green, harvested some green cauliflower, made green kale dip (see recipe below), and tore out a rotted green fence. Join in the fun and share with friends! If you enjoy or [...]
My green juice recipe appears below, as requested. This is the green vegetable juice I have made almost every week since 2000. I just call it “green juice.” This is an alkaline drink which our bodies desperately need, because, I understand, an overly acidic body leads to disease. Meat, dairy and many other foods are [...]
This is the first year in the ten years we have had the pineapple guava tree that the squirrels have left the guavas alone, and I have been able to gather a handful of fallen guavas every day. I also have guavas on one of the bushes planted in pots. I’m not a fancy cook, [...]
Okay, it’s not Christmas, and you wouldn’t get these five varieties of fresh homegrown tomatoes at Christmas, not even in California! But, the red and green made me think of Christmas. Another thing I love about growing your own food is not having to cook! It’s too hot anyway. Five varieties of tomato, with fresh [...]
I got so hungry reading blogs today, and I’ve had so many salads of late, I decided to make myself a bowl of beans and rice for lunch. Okay, I was feeling the need for protein yesterday, so I soaked the beans overnight. These are Organic Anasazi “Heirloom Quality” Beans, which are sweet and promise [...]
I don’t have a Dapple Dandy Plumcot tree, but, I wish I did! I have a regular plum tree. See my blog post “Plum Silly” . My neighbor gave me a bag of Dandy Dapple Plumcots (or Pluots) that her friend grew in Visalia, CA, and I’ve never tasted a better plum. The skin is tender and [...]
A small harvest, but, it was my supper! My first green cauliflower, called an Alverda. I planted this organic cauliflower, my only one, on March 8, after I harvested my first four white cauliflower, which I cover in “Curbside Cauliflower – Episode 2″ of “Late Bloomer.” I could have waited another day or two to [...]
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