Entries Tagged as 'fall'
Strange weather we’re having. Our tomatoes were too stressed by the hottest summer on record to make many tomatoes. But as soon as things started to cool down, they bounced right back. Shortly before Thanksgiving I finally decided it was time for the annual fall garden cleanup and began dragging the tomato plants to the [...]
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Tags: fall·green tomatoes·pickles
I celebrated the first day of fall with the kids in my food appreciation classes by making a classic French stew with the finest vegetables the season had to offer. Turns out the kids were already familiar. I gave them a clue: Think of a rat who works under a chef’s hat. “Ratatouille!” they cried in [...]
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Tags: fall·food appreciation·French·stew·vegetables
Our fall crop of salad greens is coming up nicely. In the photo above from left to right are ragged edge collards, arugula, red mustard and mizuna. Sounds like a perfect salad bowl to me. In fact, I broadcast my own mix of salad seeds in one area and am a bit disappointed to see that [...]
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Tags: fall·greens