I can feel summer winding itself down. The sun is a touch lower in the sky, it gets darker a little earlier each day, and those crickets. Nonstop noise. This year (be gone 2020!) has been nothing short of anxiety-provoking, mind-numbing, and tiring. When things start to overwhelm me, I …
Summer Fresh Tomato Basil Sauce is here! Right around this time I start complaining that I have “too many” tomatoes, but secret be told, I like it when my garden gives me too much and I have to figure out how to get creative. Seasonal is everything to me, you …
Waxing poetic about my garden never gets old. Take a look back at my old posts and you’ll see that I have been writing at this time of the year about the many uses for zucchini, yellow squash, and cucumbers. They are as abundant in my garden this year as …
My garden has been my therapy and not just during the Corona pandemic, but for the last couple of decades. I was talking with my twins the other day, who are now officially adults at 21 (!), and as I usually do, marveling at the difference in personalities. I find …
Through all the craziness of the Coronavirus and the state of the world in general, I have been handed a gift this season. My garden has been rewarding me with the most delicious greens, of all kinds. Tending to my garden this season has been especially important for me. Even …