A traveler friend once told me that there are three main phases of travel: The anticipation, the travel itself, and the memories of the trip. I think this is true for many results-driven experiences in life, and for me gardening definitely fits right in–the planning, the planting, the harvest, the preserving, and the remembering are…
Waiting for Aslan to arrive.
It’s been a long time since I just sat down and wrote a long, wandering blog post in diary format, and yesterday I started craving it so much that I have been looking forward to it ever since. I’m perched at the kitchen island while I write this. A big pot of blackberry jam is…
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“Ellen,” a linked short story
A bit ago, I posted a sequence of two installments of a short story titled “Lily,” which were a fun reprieve for me to write and hopefully a bit of a fun escape for you to read. “Lily” chronicles the beginnings of an adventure for a woman living in Seattle who discovers a handsome farmer/chef…
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Homemade Pasta Two Ways: Hand-Cut Noodles & Fresh Ravioli (Gluten-Free)
This might be one of the best recipes you’ll make this weekend. Just sayin’. 😉 I’ve worked on this fresh gluten-free pasta recipe for a number of months now. I started with a completely different set of ratios before arriving at this one and I think the real secret is to omit any water from…
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Lily, continued (and finished)
I finished my Lily story on Father’s Day, but it’s taken me this long to sit down and post it. That’s one of the things that I am working on changing…. The posting bit. I veered away from this blog in recent months but writing this short story and enjoying the narrative form reminded me…
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Lily
I wrote a story. As many of you know, I’m a writer, but most of my writing has been for corporate stuff and my fiction stories are largely piles of paper and files on laptops and a 300-page novel that I am revisiting right now. I don’t send them out to get published, I’m not…
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A Few Garden Tips & Planning New (Big) Crops This Year
I was thrilled to spend a sunny day in the garden yesterday, and I took a few moments to share some of my main tips for growing strong plants, and especially looking at your green leafy veggies for signs of stress (like bolting). In this video, I chat candidly about some of the bigger growing…
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Free Masterclass Gardening Summit: Join 11 Top Kitchen Gardeners From Across the Country
I’m absolutely thrilled to tell you about a Free Virtual Masterclass Gardening Summit bringing together some of the most amazing kitchen gardeners from around the country to teach you exactly how you can start growing more of your own food–and planning for what to do with it (that’s my topic!). It’s a diverse line-up of…
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Honey-Oat Granola Bars (GF/V)
These are the easiest, yummiest, fastest, healthiest, fail-proof honey-oat granola bars you’ll ever make. They’re vegan and gluten-free (as long as you use gluten-free oats), and they have a perfect crispness and sweetness. But my favorite bonus is that they don’t crumble! This is a snack filled to the brim with iron, fiber, protein, vitamins,…
