If you’ve been paying attention to the Farmer’s Markets in the last week or so, you’ll have noticed that there’s something a little unusual going on. The asparagus have arrived, a few weeks early than expected. They’ve caught us all a little unawares nestled, as they are, next to the ramps, but perhaps that’s what [Read more]
Archive for April, 2012
The Spring Garden: Progress in Action
Oh, what spring has wrought. Weeks ago, the peonies emerged from the soil like little pink lobster claws. And then they grew into feathery red bouquets. And now, the leaves are big and green, and the buds are almost ready to burst open into those showiest of showy blooms. Weeks ago, the grapevines were bare, [Read more]
Spring Is In The Air, Put Rosemary On the Table
I’ve been thinking much about rosemary of late, and cooking with it a lot too. The warmer weather makes me want to throw handfuls of fresh herbs in everything – and rosemary, with its big, bold, florally bouquet, is just the thing to welcome spring. On a more practical note, if you have any outdoor [Read more]
Fig Varieties: Common Fig Sounds Boring but Isn’t!
image Here’s something I think it just crazy awesome: In Italy, RIGHT NOW, there are fig trees growing that are exact clones of fig trees from the 1st century. Someone cut a branch from a fig tree back in the days of Pliny the Elder, and they turned that branch into a new tree, and [Read more]