Excess
This morning we picked apricots in Berryessa, quite a ways away from our usual haunts. This area of East San…
Month: June 2009
Plenty
Last week, I checked out Plenty from the library. It’s the memoir of a year of eating very locally in…
Salad Bowl to the World
Today I drove the length of the Salinas Valley. I don’t have any photos, or even anything really coherent to…
Apricots
Today was my first apricot harvest of the year, a very large orchard in Los Gatos. One of the most…
Teenage Tomatoes
Here’s what’s happening in my own garden. The front bed looks nice, although I should weed it, and the squirrels…
Kale Chips and Plum Cake
And strawberry ice cream. That’s what I’m currently making to take to the Veggielution cookout this evening. But what is…
Workday afternoon
It was hot, hot, hot this afternoon, but that didn’t stop some 25 Veggielution volunteers from coming out to tie…
Village Harvest
Today we ventured a bit farther afield than our usual stomping grounds, picking a large orange tree in the neighborhood…
Dealing with Zucchini
I told the old Midwestern joke at Veggielution about not leaving your car unlocked in the summer, lest someone leave…
The Birds
I went back to the farm this morning to move the sprinklers to water the corners of the field. The…