So you planted cowhorns this year and now have a plethora of peppers! You’ve used them fresh in salsa and sauces, stuffed and baked them, pickled them and still have a few left over? Dry them on a parchment lined baking sheet at low temperature. I use 185 degrees Fahrenheit on the convection setting and…
Category: In The Garden
Carolina Wren In Song
I’ve kept my camera out in the kitchen for a couple of months now, hoping to catch the birds. This little Carolina Wren provided a fleeting moment before he flew away after singing a very short tune; tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle! The shots are courtesy of my Dad’s old Minolta 70-210mm f4 autofocus lens. Adapted to…
First Magnolia Blossom
via Daily Prompt: Blossom Magnolia Grandiflora ~ Worth the wait
First Canna of the Summer
Commonly called Canna Lily, it is actually the only genus in the family Cannaceae ~ not in the Lily family. Traditionally used as an agricultural product in some parts of South America and Asia. Young shoots are stir fried, roots are harvested for starch, and fiber from the leaves is turned into paper. The pods…
Growing Cilantro ~ Coriander Seed
Cilantro, or coriander (also known as Chinese parsley). An ancient global cuisine flavor and nutritional powerhouse. The feathery herb with a light sharp lemony flavor you either love or hate. The ground coriander seeds mimic that flavor with an earthy, slightly bitter finish (best toasted or warmed quickly in a hot pan before crushing or…
Nesting ~ Sesame Tofu Salad
Yesterday we had a drab, rainy kind of day. A day for staying in and tidying up or working on inside projects. My projects for the day were cleaning up my sewing kit and hemming a pair of old cutoff khakis for shorts. My projects were small in comparison to the wrens building a nest…
Wild Garlic in my Pumpkin Quinoa Soup
Spring is popping up all over here in Georgia! Today’s temp will come close to beating a record at 75 and it really seems like we are 4 weeks ahead of past spring seasons. In the yard, the jonquils are already up and bobbing in the breeze, smiling in two tones of pale yellow. The…
What’s Blooming Now
“White bud! that in meek beauty so dost lean, The cloistered cheek as pale as moonlight snow, Thou seemest beneath thy huge, high leaf of green, An Eremite beneath his mountain’s brow. White bud! thou’rt emblem of a lovelier thing,~ The broken spirit that its anguish bears, To silent shades, and there sits offering To…
baby peaches on the peach tree
Future Weekly photo challenge theme, dreaming of future fruit! ~Beautiful little baby peaches in the shuck split stage of development~ A Little Peach Ditty Pink parchment blossoms flutter on branched wings; airborne sirens calling winged workers. Fuzzy babes shed petal swaddling; leaf buds open, green shoots spring. Little umbrellas shade, protect, nourish Pomona’s divine orbs….
Bumble Bee Love
One Love The blueberries are in bloom and I am thankful for the humble bumble bee! Bombus Impatiens, an important pollinator. There were four buzzing around me as I shot some photos, impatient with my presence. I left them to their important work, gratefully anticipating summer’s harvest.
Reflective Seasons
Not summer, not fall, not winter, nor spring, between.
Weightless in the Withering Garden
Weight(less) Yellow ladybug in the withering winter garden, scouring decaying canna for a meal, unaware of the mighty impact it’s existence propels, weightless.
Blueberry Treat Timeline ~ Garden to Table ~ Georgia Grown
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Treat.” Blueberries are my favorite fruit, mostly because I grow them at home and they are absolutely beautiful to watch go through their growth cycle. They really are a treat to grow and eat! Click here for my Easy Blueberry Jam/Compote/Pie Filling
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Boundaries, No Boundaries
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Boundaries.”
Hot Sauce!
A simple recipe to make hot sauce at home! I used a variety of green peppers for this, as it lends a depth of flavor you wouldn’t get with just jalapeno. For this batch I harvested the remainder of my cowhorn, jalapeno and dragon cayenne peppers. Place one half pound of clean stemmed peppers, cut…
Cowhorn Pepper Harvest ~ Cowhorn Recipes
Today’s garden harvest included Cowhorn peppers. Cowhorns are named for their tendency to curl at the ends and resemble the twisted horns of a cow. They can get 8 to 10 inches long and turn from green to brown to red when allowed to fully ripen. 2017 Update: I’ve just begun my third year growing…
Dried Dragon Cayenne Peppers
Two weeks ago I posted about harvesting my Dragon Cayenne peppers. They have been sitting out on my kitchen counter, covered by a piece of parchment and are in the drying process. I needed some red pepper flakes for a recipe today, so I chose the peppers dry enough to crush, placed them in my…
Heirloom Yellow Tomato Jam
What to do with all those yellow pear tomatoes of summer? Make Jam! This one is based on the old fashioned spiced tomato jelly recipes made in home kitchens for years. My Mom got me hooked on it several years ago when she reminisced about my Grandmother’s tomato jelly from her childhood. The basic recipe…
Cayenne & Sage Harvest
Cayenne~ It’s hot here! The part of summer when the garden starts to dry out and look mangy no matter how much water you give it. The time when the peppers and herbs thrive and take off! Cayenne peppers are easy to grow. They like our summer Georgia heat and mine have done well even…
Muscadine Vines ~ Mr. Cason’s Vegetable Garden, Callaway Gardens, Georgia
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Off-Season.” Recipe for Making Muscadine Wine published in the Athens Herald, Athens, Georgia, 1853: To one gallon of Muscadine juice, add three pounds of good sugar and a half pint of water. Let it remain open until done fermenting, then strain and cork it up. It…
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