The tomato is probably tops in what people want to grow for their dining table. It is just a guess, but due to the lack of good tomatoes available in groceries and the many ways we use them in our cuisine, that seems like a safe guess. So garden articles, posts, and even books, are […]
Vegetable garden
Alisa Barry of Bella Cucina Features Branzini Baked Cod & Salsa Verde on…
Delicious light cooking is in season for both fall as well as springtime. I always look for fish dishes I think my family will eat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~© 2010 written for Ilona’s Garden Journal. Copyrights apply.
Wall Street Guru Gives Gardening Advice
Swiss Chard Not Swiss Banks There is an awful lot of speculation about the economy and where the financial shape of the world (and our future) is going and proffered advice on how we can protect ourselves from hard times. Jim Rogers, Well Known Investment Guru Jim Rogers, an expert investor, has good advice for […]
Rossella’s Salad
Here is the link to Rossella’s Salad with the figs and fennel. She is undoubtedly a better cook than me, but I think I would lightly braise the fennel. Rocket is not widely available here, but baby spinach is, and I would use that. Rossella’s Simple but Wonderful Salad. *Note to self: arugula is probably […]
Were The Tomatoes Worth It in 2010?
Sadly, to me, this year they were not worth the money and work invested; although I would always plant them. There is nothing as good as a well grown, homegrown tomato, and that is reason enough to try anew each year. It isn’t the tomato plants fault that I had a less than stellar year, […]
Growing Organic
Just to underline the fact that there is more than one reason to “grow your own” and that organic methods are the best way to do that. clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com It’s happening to crops in the United States, too. In 2004, Donald Davis, PhD, a former researcher with the Biochemical Institute at the University of […]
