But quite beautiful in their own way. From Matt Bites clipped from mattbites.com I walked back into the kitchen to find the most beautiful candied apples before me. Black glossy cinnamon-scented candied glass enveloped small apples, twigs became their handles, and a few shockingly red candied apples only made their black counterparts more ominous. It…
Food
Zucchini Days
Muum‘s got a bunch of zucchini posts going- with recipes and a reminder that Saturday is National Leave a Zucchini on your Neighbor’s Porch day.
Winding up the Month of June
The GGW contest for rose photos has announced the winners, and they are truly beautiful shots of a flower that is so beloved that there are millions of photographs taken of it, in all its glory and variation. Sample a few. No, I didn’t win anything… but I gained more than enough from the inspiration…
Molly Fisk on Asparagus
I thought my friend Johanna and some of you might enjoy listening to Molly Fisk’s thoughts on asparagus. It is an MP3 podcast. Or you can read the essay, here. I know we are past asparagus season, and well into the heat that makes lettuces bolt. Hopefully you have some Swiss chard which is delicious…
Eye on the Future: growing our food
Article on what you might expect from planning a small market garden offers up this advice: II. Creating Your Own Successful Market Garden How do you prepare? 1. START SMALL! Don’t plant more than you can care for properly, and sell or use. 2. Determine the market or markets you will…
Kitchen Garden Revival
From the Olive Barn Blog I was directed to a discussion taking place @ Garden Rant. Michele ended her post with this plea: Garden Rant: Dear Taunton, Make Me A Subscriber Again “Kitchen gardening is poised for a powerful revival. It’s always made infinite sense, and in the midst of a financial collapse and energy…
Farm Markets – Organic Apples
I thought this was a very interesting video telling the rest of us about organically growing apples. Whole Foods is another source for getting your organic produce, if a Farmer Market isn’t nearby; also, they have have been more aware a supportive of locally grown produce (including apples!) I ran across this while writing a…
Apple Recipes
Kathy has some diverse and great sounding recipes for your apple harvest (or those from the local farm market), “Our best apple recipes” from “Purdyville”. I posted my own favorite apple cake recipe in 2006. Take a look @ Hungarian Apple Cake; and better yet, treat yourself to some. Technorati Tags: apple recipes,
Web Highlights
from elsewhere… things you might want to read: Doug’s “How To Make Compost Tea Margaret’s “Composting Basics“ Bren’s “Tomato Canning“
Autumn Abundance Recipes
Autumn provides an abundance of certain foods … and besides, the change of season just makes us hungry for those apple desserts and tomato-laced stews. The sweet peppers are becoming red and we all have our favorite culinary uses for those. I thought I’d share some of mine. My favorite apple cakes are the Hungarian…