Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes + black cherry sauce
This summer’s growing season has been emotionally harrowing — exuberant highs and furrowed-brow lows. When July’s heat wave arrived … and made itself right at home … I thought my tomatoes, my beloved...
View ArticleIn the garden + in the kitchen
As summer marches onward, exiting (thankfully) a brutally hot July, I can’t help but be struck by all the ways Nature finds to surprise us (like the random Black-eyed Susan that sprouted up next to my...
View ArticleEarly fall in the garden
I wrote the title of this post in near disbelief. It’s October. Four days into October, in fact. Summer is not only in the rear view mirror, it’s a tiny speck in soft focus, just visible and fading...
View ArticleFall alliums
Of all the many things I grow in my vegetable gardens, I have to say, alliums win the title for all-around awesomeness. They are so easy to grow, and the reward for cooks is huge. Most are great...
View ArticleIt’s Springtime!
I can’t believe it’s mid-May already. Spring weather has been weird and chilly, but still much to do for the garden, both inside and out. My summer tomatoes, peppers, and basil are huddled under the...
View ArticleGrow a Pantry Vegetable Garden This Year
For new gardeners, it can feel overwhelming planting that first home vegetable garden. Aside from learning the best practices for growing vegetables, you have to decide what you’re going to plant, as...
View ArticleFive No-Fuss Edibles to Plant Right Now
I can hardly believe it, folks: warm weather actually seems to be here! I’m going to take a chance and drop off my winter coat at the cleaners today, so if it suddenly snows for no good reason at all,...
View Article3 Simple – but Powerful – Ways to Make a Lasting Impact on the Food Movement
This weekend, the 2014 Edible Institute was held in NYC. This event brings together some of the most progressive minds in the food industry to conduct seminars and roundtables on topics in the food...
View Article5 Tips for Successful Container Gardening
I almost bought a condo last year. The whys and wherefores aren’t really relevant here, but the experience did get me thinking about my gardens (naturally), and I spent much of the winter thinking...
View ArticleA Midsummer’s Garden – Why You Should Grow Your Own Vegetables & Herbs
SoupAddict.com is a food blog, but it’s owner — moi — is a gardener first, and a home cook second. That’s the order that these two activities came into my life, and it’s the order of their importance...
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