Planting Apple Trees: Varieties Matter
Apple trees are a lot like people; plant them in the wrong place and they just aren't happy. What's great for one apple tree...
Peach Tree Report 2010: Neither Peachy, Nor Keen
Growing Puget Sound Peaches: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
After trying to grow peaches this year, I think I may turn to something...
Two Everbearing Raspberries: Fall Gold and Caroline
The harvest window for my Tulameen raspberries is all too brief, so brief in fact that my sister plans her visits based on picking time. (And I'm...
So Long Summer: A Photo Finish & Fine Farewell
Summer has slipped through my fingers again. Warm days have given way to morning chill, dew lingers well past first light and every branch is...
Foraging for Mushrooms: Bring a Blindfold
I love Chanterelle mushrooms, the golden little fungi that appear this time of year on forest floors and grocery shelves around the Pacific Northwest. In the stores they cost about $12.99...
Three Bean Salad Recipe: Healthy, Simple, Fresh
Three Bean Salad Recipe Goes Fresh!
Three bean salad is a side dish screaming for a makeover. This canned bean deli staple has the potential to sing not...
Kitchen Wisdom and Pantry Proverbs
Am I a multi-tasker? Not so much. My early attempt to prove I could chew gum and jump rope at the same time ended...
Santa Claus Melon Is Coming to Town
By summer's end, I've eaten a truckload's worth of melons. When in season, cantaloupes, watermelons, Charentais, Crenshaw and Casabas are dreamy big geodes of...
Hollyhocks Signal Summer’s Last Hurrah
As summer wanes, my hollyhocks mark its passage, each blossom a page in the season's story. June finds an optimistic sprout fighting off the early advances...
Vern’s Brown Turkey Fig: Nice Fig Vern
The bluebird of happiness has landed on this fig. I'm not sure who Vern is, but after taking a couple of bites out of...
