Excess This morning we picked apricots in Berryessa, quite a ways away from our usual haunts. This area of East San… Continue reading “Excess”…
Plenty Last week, I checked out Plenty from the library. It’s the memoir of a year of eating very locally in… Continue reading “Plenty”…
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… Continue reading “Salad Bowl to the World”…
Apricots Today was my first apricot harvest of the year, a very large orchard in Los Gatos. One of the most… Continue reading “Apricots”…
Teenage Tomatoes Here’s what’s happening in my own garden. The front bed looks nice, although I should weed it, and the squirrels… Continue reading “Teenage Tomatoes”…
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… Continue reading “Kale Chips and Plum Cake”…
Workday afternoon It was hot, hot, hot this afternoon, but that didn’t stop some 25 Veggielution volunteers from coming out to tie… Continue reading “Workday afternoon”…
Village Harvest Today we ventured a bit farther afield than our usual stomping grounds, picking a large orange tree in the neighborhood… Continue reading “Village Harvest”…
Dealing with Zucchini I told the old Midwestern joke at Veggielution about not leaving your car unlocked in the summer, lest someone leave… Continue reading “Dealing with Zucchini”…
The Birds I went back to the farm this morning to move the sprinklers to water the corners of the field. The… Continue reading “The Birds”…