It’s been so hot here, and so dry, the kind of weather we usually don’t see until August. Unbroken 90F or better for more than a week now, and no rain at all. It’s hard on the gardens, and on the gardeners. I water every day, carrying buckets of water from the rain barrels to [...]
Also tagged Garden, leafy greensI do love me some green beans. I love them so much I eat them out of season, which I don’t do with most high-summer vegetables for the simple reason that I know full well they just won’t ever be as good as the ones you get when it’s high summer and the vines are [...]
Also tagged cabbage, leafy greens, stir-fry, tofu, wednesday's supperWe like chiles around here. We don’t actually like heat for heat’s sake, and couldn’t begin to give one tiny little mouse dropping for the whole “anything you can eat I can eat hotter” routine. But we do like chiles. We feel similarly about ginger and garlic. I find, in fact, that if I don’t [...]
Also tagged chiles, leafy greens, stir-fry, tofu, wednesday's supper