• Garden

    Spring Album — And a Giveaway Winner

    The vernal equinox is still a week away, but everything that grows knows what season it is. The world has been shaking and shifting and we feel it, even if the path…

  • Garden

    How to Prepare a Half Wine Barrel Planter

    I love half wine barrel planters. At our house, we have challenging clay soil and a whole lot of slippery hillside to work with. The barrels are great because I can set…

  • Food

    B is for Bok Choy Soba Salad

    When I began my monthly veggie challenge, I didn’t plan to make it alphabetical. But as soon as Stewart brought home January’s artichoke, the idea took stubborn root. So now we have…

  • Preserves

    MEYERLOVE

    This is a basket of Meyer lemons that I boosted from some tree last year. It might have been the tree in front of the foreclosed house near the town library, or…

  • Garden

    Seedlings and Storms

    Look what happened here today! After a few weeks of warm, sunny weather, we’re back in a cycle of rainstorms, complete with bonus hail. Frozen stuff doesn’t often fall from the sky…

  • Preserves

    Why Good Marmalade Takes Time

    A couple of weeks ago I went to a marmalade making class with Rachel Saunders at Blue Chair Fruit. It was a wonderful opportunity to spend an afternoon learning from someone who…

  • Artichoke Soup
    Food

    A is for Artichoke Soup

    I feel great about starting my veggie challenge with the artichoke. Stewart didn’t plan to begin at the top of the list when he chose my opening vegetable, but it turns out…

  • Meyer Lemon Marmalade with Pomegranate
    Preserves

    Meyer Lemon PAMAlade

    One of the most popular recipes I’ve posted on this blog is a tasty, simple Pomegranate Champagne Jelly. In the comments to that post, a couple of folks asked whether it would…

  • Bread and Jam for Frances
    Food

    New Blog Home, New Blog Habit

    Whew! There were moments during the past couple of weeks when I didn’t think I could pull it off — but welcome to the new home of Hitchhiking to Heaven! The old…