Here’s some straight-up food for your viewing pleasure. July 31: Salad, corn fritters, and smoked salmon we brought back from the “Take Home Fish Company” in Neah Bay, WA. August 15: Buffalo and blue cheese meatballs, roasted okra from the garden (yay!), and potato salad (this is one of my favorite potato salad recipes because, [...]
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Garden Update*
Posted in Garden on June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Above: lovely cucumber tendrils. Below: napping gnome with onions and baby okra plants. Above: wee cucumbers. Below: cilantro gone to seed. *These photos were taken before the torrential rains descended upon OKC.
Against the Odds
Posted in Experimenting, Garden on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Look what I saw in our yard today! It’s a tiny amaranth plant. It doesn’t look like much yet, but look what it can become! Last summer I collected amaranth blossoms from Kamala’s garden, put them in a paper bag, and hung the bag in the basement over the winter. By springtime, the flowers had [...]
Compost Happens
Posted in Experimenting, Garden, Nature on May 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is our new compost container Matt made from salvaged fence panels Chelsey scouted in her neighborhood. I’m a low-maintenance/low-results composter; though I’m considering adding red wiggler worms for some assistance and entertainment. Mostly, I just don’t like throwing kitchen or garden scraps in the trash, so I bury them in shredded paper, shredded leaves, [...]
Uncharacteristically Mean Thoughts
Posted in Garden, Nature on May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Little spastic white butterflies (cabbage whites) laid their little eggs on my kale. Then their little babies proceeded to devour the kale. I tried to spray them off with the garden hose. But that didn’t work. So I got revenge by eating them. Well, not on purpose—but they camouflage so well! We did get to [...]
Relish the Radish
Posted in Garden on May 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
French breakfast radishes As newlyweds, Matt and I moved from Dallas to a rental house in Yukon, Oklahoma, with 2 1/2 acres and some neglected raised beds. We spent many summer nights sitting on the front porch dreaming about what we would do if the house, the lot, the trees, the garden were ours. So [...]
C is for Cookie
Posted in Garden, Health, Vegetarian on April 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes I’m lousy at feeding myself. I would never suggest Matt and I eat ice cream for supper, but somehow it’s acceptable when I’m home alone. Cookies and milk? Sounds swell to me! Chips, salsa, and beer? Sure! I’ve never claimed to be disciplined. But last week there was a minor success. I made a [...]
Ready! Set! Garden!
Posted in Community, Events, Garden, Local on March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is the story of what happened when 30 strangers gathered to learn, ponder, feast, and build a garden on a beautiful Saturday in late February. Randy Marks and Ron Ferrell led the hopeful gardeners attending the Sustainable OKC workshop, which happened to be in our yard. They started us off with an exercise: we [...]
With A Little Help From My Friends
Posted in Garden on January 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Sustainable OKC is hosting a workshop to install a raised bed garden in my yard! It will be Saturday, February 27, at 10 a.m. Register here. Ron Ferrell and Randy Marks will be leading the project. The idea is to nurture a garden community, where eventually we can reach out to this group and say—”Hey! [...]
Garden Update
Posted in Garden on July 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I didn’t have super-high expectations for the raised bed we put in this spring. But, come on! One measly pepper? One wonky cucumber? A handful of beans? I suspect there are several problems: 1. Not enough sun. I underestimated the importance of six hours of direct sun. I love trees, but dang—what’s an enthusiastic newbie gardener to [...]
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