The tomato season is about to close, so about a week ago, I bought a nice batch of beautiful cherry tomatoes. I didn’t grow cherry tomatoes this year, but slow-roasted tomatoes are too good not to have on hand. They could not be easier to make either. I poured about 3 tablespoons of olive oil on a cookie sheet, then…
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Ratatouille may be one of the most delicious late-summer garden recipes. Traditional ratatouille includes eggplant, zucchini, onions, peppers and tomatoes, but since the dish is essentially a vegetable stew, you could add green beans, yellow squash or anything else that is fresh and suits your fancy. A while ago, I paid a visit to Sam Kedum’s Nursery in nearby Hastings…
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This year, I decided to edge some of my ornamental beds with parsley. I got the idea from The Wildlife-Friendly Garden. The author suggested parsley be planted as a decoy plant to keep rabbits out of the vegetable garden. I haven’t see a lot of rabbits in the vegetable garden, so maybe it’s working. (I also haven’t seen a lot…
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Almost every garden book starts with the admonition to “get a soil test.” I hate to admit it but in nearly two decades of active gardening, I have never had one — until this summer. Some of my vegetable garden boxes have not been performing as well as I thought they should be over the past couple of years. When…
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A couple of weeks ago, my friend Julie introduced me to Basil Gelato, a creamy, delicious mix of milk, cream, eggs and sugar flavored with lots of whirled up basil from the garden. The one problem with the gelato was the color was just a bit too close to Army green for my taste. I wanted to play with the…
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