Grilled Vegetable Skewers
The other night we were talking about food, probably while eating food and we realized we have not had shish kabobs in like, forever. They're one of the perfect summer…
Garlic is done curing!
We have finally arrived at the last step of growing garlic, storing the cured garlic! While the kids played in the kiddie pool I trimmed and cleaned up the garlic.…
Penn State – Garden in the Parks Field Day (North Park – Pittsburgh, PA)
A few weeks ago, a friend tipped me off on this yard and gardening event happening near us. The Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny host Garden in Parks Field…
BLTs and Tomato Woes
The garden this year has been pretty chill. Many of the annoying weeds of years past - like thistle, have been replaced by grass, purslane (edible) and creeping charlie (edible).…
Redwall Cookbook: Brockhall Badger Carrot Cakes (Potato, Onion and Carrot Cakes)
On a tip from the Straight Dope website, my husband and daughter started reading the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. The first book, Redwall, was published in 1986. The stories…
Rainy Sunday Morning
This summer has been unbelievable, more cool days than raging hot weather. Today it's a perfect, cool, rainy, Sunday morning. The rain and thunder sound like something from the nature…
Easy Chocolate Ice Cream
Summer = hot = ice cream season right? A few weeks ago, America's Test Kitchen posted a few easy ice cream recipes from their archives. This Easy Chocolate Ice Cream…
Harvesting Garlic
Today we harvested our garlic - 40 heads to be exact, only hit one with the shovel! I went back to grab the link from when we planted the garlic…
Washing Salad Greens
Ever since we started our garden, I've been struggling to find a better way to wash all the salad greens I harvest. Sometimes I harvest way too much, or what…
Guacamole
I joke that I can look out on our deck and name all the sauces we have planted out there. It's not a basil plant it is a pesto plant,…