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Open faced sandwich for breakfast. Radish variety – multi-colored "Easter Egg." Stepping out into the garden with a cup of tea this morning to examine the overnight happenings, I found most of my radishes had bolted but a few were still intact and in good condition for fresh eating. This fact, together with […] Korean lilac and siberian iris blooming with the chives – late May 2009 A year ago while admiring the mid-day buzz around some profusely blooming chive blossoms in my garden I noticed that none of the pollinators were honey bees.  Instead,  a multi-cultural throng of pollinating insects ranging in size […] Late April localvore spread. “Hey, lets go pick wild leeks and then make a localvore meal.” That welcome invitation from Karen came late last Saturday morning and by evening we had assembled  a magnificent feast. The last-minute dinner party was particularly notable for how easy it was to load the table with […] 
The elusive black morel. Finding morels, the first gourmet wild mushroom of the season, offers a thrill above all others. As maddeningly elusive as they are delicious, they’ve been a bit of an obsession of mine for the past decade. Despite my enthusiasm and frequent forays in search of them, each spring […] |