I ran across a great way to save your sage for winter. wash and remove leaves from stems let dry completely so they don’t turn …
Indoors
Easy Salsa Recipe
You’ll need a blender for this one, but beyond that, the cooking skills are minimal. ingredients bowl of garden tomatoes (if they’re cherry or pear)/two …
Chard Pizza
Best idea for chard as of late: Chard, Potato, Garlic, Rosemary PiZzA! I used the recipe for the crust from allrecipes.com with a few adjustments, …
Revisit! Billy and Katie’s “Secret Garden”
Back in the Spring, I stopped in Wicker Park to visit Billy and Katie’s secret garden. They’d been given access to the garden lot next …
Green Miso Soup
Just as I have been in over my head in Swiss Chard, I happened upon my May issue of Yoga Journal and it’s green miso …
Blanching Chard
My Swiss Chard has gone crazy, and I really just can’t eat enough of it. So today, I took my mom’s advice and blanched some. …
Purple Globe Amaranth
I’m excited to see the purple globe amaranth seeds I started in my closet back in March are blooming. Gomphrena are native to Panama and …
Love in Mist, Nigella
I am currently in love with love in mist. Last year I sowed seeds with only a few plants growing here and there in whites, …
The Power of Mint
Mint can be invasive if not kept in check. I pull out all of my mint after the first frost, and it keeps coming back, …
Dandelions
Delicious and troublesome. Introduced to us from Europe, dandelions were brought here to provide food for imported honeybees. Most people find them pesky. They’ve got …