After an unusual hail storm that interrupted our warm late summer weather and left much of the town under water, I finally got up the courage to check on my garden. The foliage of the warm weather crops looked like it had been rifled with machine gun fire. Hail the size of macadamia nuts falling […]
Flambo Dry Soup Beans Grow in the Short Warm Season Garden of Southwest Idaho
My crop of Flambo dry soup beans is a success! After doing well with and enjoying the tepary black beans last year, I was inspired to try another dry bean. The Flambo beans provide the variation of being in the white category, but decorated with abstract speckles of cranberry brown. The coloring reminds me of pinto […]
The Easiest Way to Dry Basil
I finally remembered to harvest my basil before it fully flowered! Before it flowers is supposed to be the best time for catching the flavor when drying. I may have come close last year, but this year was the best I’ve done. The timing of it all was perfect. The sprinklers had been on to give […]
Rich Wants to Know How I Make Cream of Tomato Soup
I am a lazy cook and a picky eater, Rich. When I’m hungry I want to eat NOW and I want what I want. This makes my aversion to processed and pre-packaged foods particularly inconvenient. Most of the time, I don’t like how they taste or how I feel after eating them. It feels like […]
Tips for Dehydrating and Canning Your Garden Tomatoes
If the frost hasn’t hit yet, you are probably torn between 1) wishing your garden would vanish in a swift, complete act of nature and 2) beginning to already mourn the dearth of fresh backyard tomatoes. In our climate, we have to plant for being bombarded with produce so that we can try to preserve […]
