September 19, 2011 Growing a Giant Pumpkin? Maybe! Pumpkins are not supposed to do well in cool weather. But mine are going crazy this year. One of them is a variety that…
August 31, 2011 Growing Pumpkins in a Cool Climate What a strange coastal summer we’ve had. It has been exceptionally cool with overcast in the mornings and breezy sunshine in the afternoons. The…
July 29, 2011 Kale – Easy to Grow and Eat You’d think I’d learn my lesson. Every spring I plant “mesclun” (pronounced mess-cloon). Mesclun is a mixture of lettuces and tender greens for use…
July 9, 2011 Growing Raspberries the Easy Way We’re having such fun with our raspberries this year. They loved all the winter rains and we’re getting a good crop. I’ve even gotten…
June 25, 2011 Growing Olallieberries Along the Coast I love surprises in the garden. One of them this year has been the appearance of ollalieberries hanging from our two vines. The olallieberry…
June 13, 2011 Tendergreen and Japanese Purple Mustard Growing My Komatsuna tendergreen and Japanese Purple Mustard is growing. It has been kind of limping along because our weather has been so cool. I’ve thinned…
June 7, 2011 Growing and Harvesting Artichokes We got a real “mother load” of artichokes this year. Maybe it was all the rain. Maybe it was a fact that these plants…
December 24, 2010 A Scandinavian Christmas Feast My family is of Scottish descent and my husband’s family is Norwegian. Given the choice between Scottish cuisine and Scandinavian, the Scandies win hands…
November 25, 2010 Wild Turkeys on the California Coast I have the Thanksgiving spirit today and wanted to share a couple of photos of turkeys that stroll by our house each day. These…
October 28, 2010 Sundried Tomatoes Without the Sun I’ve harvested the last of the ripe tomatoes. We’re eating them fresh at every meal. This wonderful “flavor of summer” won’t last long so…
September 29, 2010 Harvesting and Preparing Beets Cool weather crops are dying down in my garden. The lettuce, arugula, and chard have “bit the dust”. But the beets and carrots (who…
August 22, 2010 Harvesting and Drying Apples Along the Coast It’s been too cool along the coast this summer to do much gardening. I’ve been sitting around watching the powdery mildew cover my zucchini…
July 16, 2010 Snowpeas-Are They Worth Growing? . . I planted snowpeas in March and they are still producing. For the flat, edible pods, I choose the variety ‘Mammoth Melting Sugar’…
May 10, 2010 Planting Vegetables Along the Coast Mid May is still a good time to plant vegetables along the coast. We’ve had real changes in weather this year, more rain and…
April 11, 2010 Shallots-Easy to Grow We’re getting a little rain today, but so far, wind has upstaged moisture. Knowing that a storm was coming, I got out and harvested…
