The branches lay upon the snow like the skeletal remains of a great beast whose carcass had been ravaged and cleaned.  These were the bones and inclinations of a decade passed. Now, that we have entered a new year and new decade, 2020 has introduced some exciting gardening trends,…

  So, for the last 4-6 weeks, crews had been working diligently (I use that term very loosely) on Route 83.  It’s an annual thing.  You can almost set your watch to it.  What they were working on, I’ll never know.  As I said, it’s become a custom, like great…

The time is upon us to start planting tomatoes (a.k.a “love apples”).  I, like my Mother, have a love-hate relationship with the versatile, tasty fruit (yes, it’s a fruit).  Some years we seem to fail, while other years the harvest is so abundant we can’t seem to give them away.  When neighbors see us approaching…

It’s true.  I own a cookbook dedicated entirely to pumpkin, and I’ve been using it on a very regular basis for several years.  Pumpkin, as it turns out, can be added to almost anything.  It really doesn’t have much flavor.  It’s more of a textural thing.   I love adding it…

Summer’s sultry arrival means two things to me:  Air conditioning and strawberries.  The former a necessity in my life and the latter a privilege of the season.  This year, we’ve decided to grow our own… in pots.  Stackable pots to be exact.  Strawberries, like herbs, don’t need a whole lot of…