I’ve had my near-death experience with rhubarb. When I was a boy, my father cleared a place for a garden behind our home outside Chicago. One day I came up behind him while he was spreading cow manure for the rhubarb bed and caught a tine from his pitchfork right between the eyes. There was […]
Greens overwintered in our garden and from the CSA box, boiled and seasoned with cider vinegar. Baby rutabaga and turnip overwintered in the garden. The end of a grilled pork tenderloin and cranberry relish from Thansgiving. The root vegetables had been previously picked, peeled and boiled in lightly salted water, then stored in the regrigerator. […]
Daughter and I took a walk to the farmers market at Dupont Circle yesterday and found spring busting out all over. There was a canopy of blossoms over the sidewalks. The star magnolias beg you to stop and admire. These daffodils were ready to make an escape. This fellow found a quiet place to sit […]
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