How to prune basil for the longest, most abundant harvest ever: a game changer!
Sometimes I think about my life before abundant basil (or BAB) . . . Truly it was a sad, colorless time for me. Just a few years ago, for example,…
Read moreSummer Squash Abundance Lasagna: a desperation recipe
You can choose one of three tacks on that moment (during which you are gazing out at your bountiful patch of summer squash) that you are hit (as with a…
Read moreSlipping past the Summer Solstice . . . What’s Going On At Our Place, part 1
Gentle Readers, it has been a good long time since I’ve connected with you. The gardens are growing very quickly; the weeds are amazingly lush; AND (I’m not making this…
Read moreLemon meringue cupcakes from Mom’s kitchen & a bit about insomnia
What a lovely sight: my mom standing in my kitchen, with an experiment from hers: a plate of meringue-topped cupcakes! This is the way every day should begin, mused I,…
Read moreRosemary & Sea Salt Focaccia bread: good enough to stand in line for
The girls and I reminisce occasionally about our days hawking bread at the Seward Farmer’s Market. One of our best sellers was focaccia bread, which I made in several…
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