Liquid Fence: Defending Your Garden Against Deer
Remember the first time the magic of Disney brought us Bambi and his ilk? We never saw the dark side of our little antlered friends...
60 Second Film Festival: Magic by the Minute
My entry to the 60 Second Film Festival: Green-Bean-Eating Bulldogs*
There's a song I often listen to, one where the melody soothes and the lyrics lead me to a...
Gobbled Up by Green
Keeping up with the Weedashians...
If I kept a diary, no doubt I would scribe the same words of panic each spring, "Everything is growing...
Mother’s Day, and Morning Coffee With Mom
On this very early Sunday morning, I am apparently late to the start of the Mother's Day festivities, at least the ones seen outside my window....
May Day at My House
May Day, May Day...
The sun is rising with a gusto usually reserved for July, and I'm just about to take the last good swig...
Cast Iron Cookery: Strawberry-Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Like movies I could watch over and over again, or books I'm happy to revisit regularly, I rarely tire of certain seasonal recipes; in this case strawberry-rhubarb upside-down...
Dressed Up for Easter: Frangipane Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Winter serves up some lean pie months, at least in the fresh fruit category. After exhausting my local supply of Meyer lemons for Shaker lemon...
Honey Harvest: Gifts of Gold and Wonder
An Unexpected Honey Harvest
Last Saturday, on a dreamy afternoon pulled from the canvas of a Maxfield Parrish painting, my friends Sam, Dom, Angie, Lucy...
Ever Eat a Maple Blossom?
Maple Blossoms Fried, Frittered and Served
When I was a kid, Euell Gibbons was a household name. Known by many as the Father of Modern...
Orchard Tip: When Ants Attack Fruit Trees
I've always kept a healthy distance from ants. The notion of strength in numbers is not lost on me. If the Lilliputians could secure...
