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Yet another tuna pizza, this time garnished with a few strips of homegrown Alpine Poblano pepper, as well as Fiachetto di Manduria tomato halves that were dried in the oven in the summer and then frozen in glass jars. I had heard that dried tomatoes were good as a pizza topping but had never...

I can hardly wait to see which names you come up with for the little brown twin lambs. They are delightful! Maybe Ginger and Snap? Copper and Penny? Cocoa and Puff? Whiskey and Brandy? Caramel and Toffee? Chai and Latte? One of my friends had three lambs and she named them Shish, Ka, and...

I can't get over how pristine many of the peppers seeds are this year; the one shown here had fewer than ten seeds that I culled. Typically I wait for the fruit to mature and turn red before saving seed, but this Alpine Poblano that was harvested green a few weeks ago. Some of the seeds look...

Carrots were a challenge to figure out; it took years for us to get a reliable crop consistently. In our area I think it comes down to timing (and selecting the right variety, to match the season of harvest). These ones were started a couple of weeks after our last frost. Sowing in late June...

Autumn carrot harvest

We roasted a bunch of the smallest ones whole last night, and they were yummy. Hopefully there will be carrot cake in our future too!

Maybe it looks odd because it's all snuggled into the leaf. In person it's kind of cute and small. 😊

Finally one of the Grandma Rivera's Lima bean pods has a respectable 'baby bump'. After many months of waiting I have lowered my expectations and am very grateful to see the potential for harvesting a dry seed-- even if it's only one. For now the plants are nestled under cover of the overhang...

Five months later and there are still stunning Siracha peppers ripening on those bargain plants that I picked up in mid-June. The Shepherd peppers were doing well too, until the other day when I noticed all of the peppers that are pointing downwards are rotting. There is one upward facing...

We finally had two days in a row with only minimal rain, so we pulled the remaining St. Valery carrots to make room to plant a few early garlic varieties. The carrots were sown April 14th from seeds received as a free gift from Baker Creek Seeds; they have a wonderful crunch, sweet taste, and...

We were able to pick up a yard of compost from a facility that stores it under cover, and out of the rain. Part went on top of the asparagus patch in the communal garden, and some in a raised bed where early garlic varieties will be planted. Once we were done everything got a nice thick layer...

Our friend's communal vegetable garden has a good sized patch of horseradish and it's lovely-- until it's not. There are tenacious horseradish shoots popping up all over the garden, and even in the pathways. Those that appear in the middle of summer crops are often left alone rather than...

That's exactly what I had for supper, on homemade potato bread. The fruit was picked green but ripened nicely. The variety is Yusupovskiy S. Fergany, and I believe this is the first ripe tomato I ever got from this cultivar.

We're having friends over for dinner tomorrow night. There are trays of bean, pepper, and tomato seeds pretty much everywhere. In some parts of the house you have to watch where you step. I told my husband that the beans can stay on the coffee table given that they look so nice-- but he said...

We had several hours of sunshine today. Yay!! :weee

Gorgeous photos. Is that bougainvillea blooming on your deck??

Sunny Rudbeckias (likely Prairie Sun), a Brush Strokes pansy, and an Arizona Apricot Gaillardia peeking out from a patch of Horehound.

Now I have massive endive or radicchio plants in the garden. I suppose this is one of the bonuses that comes with not worrying too much about 'weeds!'

I found a small cluster of raspberries in the garden today. During the summer I might have scarfed these down, but in late autumn I felt the need to savour them one by one. The were exquisite.

This mushroom dish looks fantastic. I wish I knew how to tell the chanterelles from the rest. I'm afraid I would make a lethal error. 🍄