And sandwich
The favorite sandwich of my youth, hardly requires a recipe. Slice a tomato. Spread one side of a slice of rye bread, and yes, it must be rye, with mayonnaise.…
Hot and cold running soup
I love making and eating soup for breakfast. On this hot Summer's day looking at a pile of ripe tomatoes that I grew, it was obvious what the main ingredient for today's…
Figs, Show me your Leaves!
Last year I planted fig trees in all of my gardens. www.annexrentals.com I even planted them in pots at the entrance of our office building. www.empressbuilding.com Their leaves are…
Spoon Tomatoes
Standing in the greenhouse looking at a choice of seedlings of 200 varieties of heritage tomatoes I could grow was a thrill.This Spring having built more wooden boxes and added more colored plastic tubs to my office roof…
Today on the Boulevard
Today on the boulevard the broom corn has reached 10 feet tall and the millet-like sprays are opening. It is sure to add another few feet. The amaranth heads are…
Fleeting Summer, Breakfast in a Flash
Sliced tomatoes, purple shiso, purple basil, sliced burgundy pole beans, and chives from my urban farm just outside the kitchen door One of my favorite cookbooks is Edward de Pomiane's…
The Gardening Sisters’ Wonderful Take on my Garden
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Rouge gallery of tomatoes and a couple of jaune ones too!
Today on my office rooftop garden at www.124merton.com there were at least 22 varieties of tomatoes ripening.We have a total of 57 different varieties of heritage tomatoes. Photos from left to right: Hawaiian Pineapple,…
You can do anything you put your mind to; Thinking in the living room
As a child my Mother encouragingly told me;" You can do anything you put your mind too." As an adult, reality usually impinges on that fantasy and you realize that a…
Buzz in in the garden
This morning Dan Goodbaum www.foodbomb.org came to my garden to interview me for a video he is making about my garden and my gardening philosophy . The bees were at work.