cultivating me

Last summer I purchased dwarf citrus trees – lemon, lime, grapefruit and kumquat.  We already have a very large orange tree in our yard which we love and use on a regular basis.  Having citrus trees in my yard reminds me of the house where I grew up. We had orange, lemon and grapefruit trees [...]

At $10 – $15 a pop, I cannot afford to splurge on a container of scented sugar body scrub but I can afford to make my own! Instructions found here.

101 Simple Salads, #10 today i made a salad which included a type of green – arugula.  i am again using tomatoes from my garden. i only planted 3 plants this year:  2 larger variety (champion and best boy tomatoes) and 1 cherry tomato plant.  i have learned this gives us more than enough tomatoes [...]

101 Simple Salads, #2 directions form the article: 2. Mix wedges of tomatoes and peaches, add slivers of red onion, a few red-pepper flakes and cilantro. Dress with olive oil and lime or lemon juice. Astonishing. oh my this salad is good!  i admit i was a bit skeptical by the pairing of tomatoes with [...]

but here’s how my garden grows: these pictures were all taken a few weeks ago. there have been lots of changes in my garden since then.  i’m already harvesting cherry tomatoes and will soon have more than i know what to do with.  we also have a few cobs of corn starting, about 20 meyer [...]

I should start this post by saying that when it comes to growing this I have the anti-green thumb in the worst of ways. All plants that reside in this yard belong to someone else. Some of them have been assigned to the gardener, some to the kids and some just to the universe. If [...]