With a new garden that is essentially a blank canvas, I’ve been trying my hand at garden design. This is my first project.
Category Archive: Garden
Growing things and things growing around the church
Jun
27
Garden Cuisine: Red Currant, Sage, and Lavender Pork on Paper-thin Zucchini
Continuing the series on recipes using produce from the garden, this time taking advantage of the bounty of zucchini and red currants, and the dry astringent flavors of sage and lavender leaves. This recipe features pork, but this can be easily substituted, or even vegetarianized. Includes a link to sources of “happy meat” in Germany.
Jun
11
YouCapture: Flowers
I’ve been having a bit of trouble with taking pictures of lobelias and other intensely blue flowers. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong, or if the chip in my camera isn’t up to snuff any more, but the very blue wavelengths just aren’t picked up properly. The lobelia photos I took all look …
Apr
06
Adventures in Brown-Thumb Gardening: Strawberry-Herb Hanging Baskets
I have a brown thumb. This has been well demonstrated to me by numerous crunchy brown houseplants. Any plant under my control generally looks vibrant and happy for a few months, and then suddenly dies. Then I give up on plants. I tend to forget about my ineptness if I haven’t had to care for …