The joys of gardening are so simple: fresh compost, a ripe tomato, freshly picked salad, a happy earthworm, a flower in bloom. Every season brings something different to the garden tableau, something to lift our hearts and let us know what time of year we are in. Right now we know exactly what time it […]
This is how I’m making breakfast lately. Start with a big plateful of fresh salad greens. The salad greens I planted in the garden this spring are not quite ready, so I buy a big bag of greens at the farmers market on Sunday morning. It lasts us through the week. Then I take the […]
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Here’s an aerial view of our front-yard kitchen garden here in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House. Can you tell it’s still spring? In the view looking north, you can see the garlic we planted last fall next to the red mustard greens also from last fall that we are […]
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