Crispy Sweet Potato Cake
AKA: What to do with leftover sweet potatoes or yams. I had some garnet yams left over last week, so I decided to make them into cakes. These were so successful that I will go out of my way to prepare them again! Ingredients One large, baked yam or sweet potato cut...
I Love Bloomerang Lilac
Name: Syringa x ‘Penda’ aka Bloomerang® Purple Lilac Type of Plant: A re-blooming lilac shrub, hardy in Zones 3-7 Why I love this: There are many reasons to love this lilac. First of all, it’s smaller in size so you’re not likely to accuse it of “getting...
Fall Garden Pizza
It is late September and I’m still harvesting the freshest, most tasty food on earth. But at this time of year there is less of it. A small summer squash or two instead of ten to twelve. Side shoots of broccoli instead of several large heads. One pepper or...
Open Garden on Wednesday
Tomorrow, September 28th, my gardens will be open for the benefit of the Barnstable Education Foundation. It’s a chance for me to share what we’ve created one last time before fall, an opportunity to fund a few more innovative programs for kids that...
The Garden Tourist in Atlanta – Part 1
When my husband and I travel one of our favorite things is to start the day with a garden destination in mind and then let the rest of the day unfold spontaneously. Instead of going through a checklist of locations, this manner of exploration lets us discover the...
Refurbish Containers for Fall
Yesterday I “fallified” my front porch. I used several types of pumpkins and some ornamental cabbages and kale. Let’s start with how the porch looked on Sept 24. I decided to leave one pot of the Portulaca and Cuphea in place. The hummingbirds are...
I Love Cucurbita
Name: Cucurbita Type of Plant: Pumpkins and winter squash. Usually a large growing annual vegetable vine. Why I love this: Cucurbita is a genus of vines in the gourd family. Included in this genus are pumpkins, gourds and winter squash. I love the tasty winter squash...
Raise Your Glass…to Plants
I just returned from the annual meeting of garden communicators, held in Atlanta this year. It was, as always, a feast of plants and people. Sitting in the airport on the way home I scrolled though the shots of people and gardens from this year’s event, and was...
Fresh Vegetables…Simple and Flavorful
Freshly picked vegetables have so much flavor that often the simplest preparations are best.