Rose Petal Jam
On homemade buttermilk biscuits
Category: Flowers and Fruits
Preserved Lemon, Caper, and Anchovy Pasta
Finding new recipes to try out my homemade fermented lemons.
Bells of Ireland
Grown from seed (finally)!
First Homegrown Lemons!
Used for hot toddies on a cold winter night.
Saffron
My first saffron flower
Cherry Tomato & Sage Pasta
Fresh, homemade pasta with homegrown cherry tomatoes and sage
Harvesting Beans
I had my first bean harvest of the year! It won’t be the last as there’s at least enough beans for still one more good harvest. I harvested three varieties: Alabama Black-Eyed Butter Lima, Christmas Pole Lima, and California Black-Eyed Cowpea. The crowd favorite was the Alabama Lima bean. They were so sweet and buttery… Continue reading Harvesting Beans
Autumn Beauty Sunflower
A repost from last week with more photos… because I’m just loving these sunflowers!
Sage
Last year, I grew one sage plant from seed. All summer and winter it stayed tiny and with each new day I feared the end of my sage had come. But it made it. It survived the hot, desert summer. It survived the colder-than-normal winter. And this spring… it has just exploded! I’ve made sage-and-gruyere-stuffed… Continue reading Sage
Ladybugs and Parsley
Last year’s parsley has flowered. It’s covered in ladybugs and other great insects. I love how it looks at the edge of the bedding so I’ve already planted another dozen parsley seedlings this spring.
Where are the Chickens? 