Tag: garlic

garden

Blueberries and Bumblebees

Just a couple shots from the front-yard garden this morning. The garlic is sprouting nicely, and the bumblebees are helping our blueberries along. Happy spring!     Related posts: Samantha Picks Blueberries Update on the Fields: Blueberries, Basil, Geraniums and Jasmine […]

garden

The Garlic Is Up!

Well would you look at that! The garlic that Hunna planted in October has been keeping nice and warm under a big blanket of snow. Today, the snow is melting. The sun is warming the garden bed. The garlic is […]

recipes

Recipe: Pickled Garlic Scapes

SCF fans may remember last year’s joyous discovery: pickled garlic scape martinis. (Irene is brilliant, but we knew that.) Well we didn’t want to let another summer go by without repeating the success. We put these up on Saturday night. […]

recipes

Garlic Scape Pesto

We made this terrific garlic scape pesto recipe from food52 with scapes from the garden, served it with Lidia’s spaghetti and put a poached egg on it. Yowza. Garlic Scape Pesto 1 cup garlic scapes, thinly sliced crosswise 1/4 cup […]

garden

Early Friday Morning in the Garden

Early Friday morning in the garden, before anyone else was awake. Peonies blooming, blueberries ripening, cicadas molting. New this year: creeping phlox under the dwarf sour cherry and coreopsis near the pear tree.  Here’s a look. Too many ferns!   […]

recipes

Recipe: The Sauce

Our friend Laura gave us this recipe, but only under the solemn promise that we would never share it with anyone. You see, the world does not know the secret of good fresh sauce and would not be able to […]