My Strawberry Cake Is Going to the Dogs
This weekend all roads on the island lead to the Vashon Strawberry Festival as we celebrate 102 years of bringing together friends, family, fried...
Rhubarb Pickles: Fresh Chips Off the Old Stalk
Rhubarb Pickles for a change of paceRhubarb pickle chips: easy to make, easy to eat.
Last Saturday, the third of July, I was enjoying a...
Vashon Island: One Day I Drifted Ashore…
Discovering Vashon Island
Journeys rarely make sense and mine is no exception. Lucky for me, I drifted ashore on Vashon Island, a sweet spot moored in the middle...
Vashon Garden Tour: Where the Grass Was Greener
I take my hat off (Elmer Fudd wants it back) to any homeowner brave and hardworking enough to participate in a garden tour. For...
The Open and Shut Case of the Stubborn Man
Boz, a proponent of the open door policy
In case you are unaware, men have fragile egos. (Please keep this under wraps or else I'll...
Attack of the Mutant Deer From Outer Space
Mutant deer from outer space: Note the way they can warp time and space at will, all while devouring my lawn. I'd shoo them...
Listen Up Poppies: Time to Rise and Shine
For most of May my garden flowers languished in bed, hunkered down and hitting the snooze button thanks to an endless month of unseasonably...
For the Record: My Neighbor Dan Is the Man
Or The Day Big Red Refused to Move
Happier times: A man and his new riding mower...vroom, vroom
No doubt my neighbor and friend Dan has...
Heritage Recipe: Rhubarb Berry Cake Pudding
Recipe updated February 2013; a few fixes for a better cake pudding.
Rhubarb rocks and rules in my garden and kitchen. As spring's first crop,...
How I Can Tell Summer’s Almost Here
Not so fast, this was last summer.
I don't need a calendar to tell me summer is fast approaching. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the...
