Seeds along the Silk Route
My daughter Ariel www.interaxon.com plucked a dill flower from the garden . "Mmm tastes like plov." It wasn't a stretch of her gustatory imagination. Ten years ago, Ariel, Joel and…
Aujourd’hui “Christina” est arrivee en France!
Early this Spring a very stylish and beautiful woman came to my studio to buy a painting.Her name is Christina. As we looked through some of my portraits her equally stylish…
More on White, Ghost Eggplants
Ghost Eggplants in my Garden These eggplants are beautiful, delicious and prolific. I have planted them in all my gardens this year. When it comes time to eat them, place raw…
White Waves, Paint White, Fully in the Color Spectrum: Michelle Lloyd’s Birthday
It's not often , I get to spend time fully in the color spectrum, in a world of white. It was Michelle's birthday and we got to boat across the…
No one here but us chickens!
no one here but us chickens On the road to Crowe's Landing ,Stoney Lake ,there is a farm wth an arresting sign: a life size soft sculpture of an old…
Not your usual Medieval Salat; more Recipes from the Concert
Last month on a tour of the Medieval Gardens At The Cloisters, the uptown branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the docent paused in the herb garden to tell us…
Another Sensational Recital by Joel Garten
Joel in concert Joel's recital was a huge success. As each concert is improv and an aural experience not to be repeated each member of the audience was swept away into the…
Mutiny on the Blueberry Bounty
Driving back from The Stratford Festival on Sunday amongst endless grain fields stood a blueberry farm. Of course, I had to stop. The farmer convinced me that I wanted to buy all…
Will there be cotton?
Last cold and rainy Summer was not the best time to move from edible gardening to wearable gardening but by September last , the cotton did bloom. It didn't have time…
In our climate, a 2nd crop of cucumbers?
TodayI planted Japanese cucumbers in peat pots. When the first crop of cucumbers on the 124 Merton rooftop garden have yellowed vines and are finished I will transplant these. The packet says 65…