Garden Journal: Raspberry Shortcake in a Half Wine Barrrel

Blueberry Blossoms | Hitchhiking to Heaven

When I walked into the nursery and said I’d come for a strawberry shortcake, they looked at me like I was nuts. It doesn’t really matter that I had meant to say “raspberry shortcake,” because that doesn’t make sense either — unless you know about this new plant. It’s a thornless, dwarf raspberry [...]

Honeyed Apricot Blueberry Jam: No Added Sugar

Honeyed Apricot Blueberry Jam | Hitchhiking to Heaven

Come July, when our too-short Blenheim apricot season arrives, I’m going to make an entire case of honeyed apricots from Marisa’s Food in Jars cookbook. Last summer, I made only four pints. I didn’t know then that I was going to give up sugar and that these apricots could serve as the base [...]

Apricity

The leaves are green

The leaves are green

Today on Facebook, a good friend who is caught in deep winter asked her friends for a story “about how outside their door the sun is warm, the leaves are green, and there’s fruit hanging in the trees.”

The first thing I wanted to tell her was that I [...]

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