David Brancaccio used to sign off on Marketplace, years ago, with the statement, "There are two things money can't buy: true love and home grown tomatoes."

How true.

And how long it takes for the first tomato to turn red, ripe and ready to eat. We (I) usually run out of… Read full post »

Ten years ago, I was in the south of Spain, east of the fashionable Costa del Sol, in a tiny town called Salobrena. I was at my wits' end, lonely for a certain someone, uncertain of my self or my future. I watched the storm come in over the Mediterranean. I… Read full post »

Well, let's try this again, shall we?

When I posted the first entry back in January, I fully intended to blog, to regularly record and report what was happening in the garden.

Whoops. Five and a half months, one tax season and one growing season later, here I am.

I've… Read full post »

Today we picked a couple of quarts of lima beans. We've lost track of how many lima beans we've picked during summer, then fall, and now winter, all from one amazing volunteer plant.

Summer before the one just past, we planted lima beans. We found a type called "Calico" that… Read full post »