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Emeralds and Amethyst in the garden.

The asparagus are showing! Gleaming purple nubs, bright and shiny from the earth. I am always surprised by their bright clean appearance from the muddy, gritty soil. Some are taller than this. I accidentally knocked the top off of one while … Continue reading

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January Garden

Click on the heading “The Toy Box” for a check list of work to be done for the slow food garden. Even in January, so bleak and sleepy, there are just a few happy chores to be done. My garden … Continue reading

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Orange-Saffron Butter Sauce on Spring Vegetables and Pasta

What should I do with all those snow peas? Annie Somerville had a good idea in her book, FIELDS of GREENS. It is “Lingunie with Spring Vegetables and Orange-Saffron Butter”. I am pretty sure that you have to live in … Continue reading

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