Realization Of The Day: It's time to harvest everything still growing outside in the garden. Five to nine inches of snow are predicted t...

Realization Of The Day: This would have made a perfect Christmas salad, but it sure tasted good on Thanksgiving. The tomato is a VFN , an ea...

Chinese Pak Choy Direct Seeded In Early September Realization Of The Day: If I don't get caught up soon, I'm going to look back at t...

Realization Of The Day: It took me so long to get around to posting this photo that it is now completely irrelevant. (But I really like it s...

Realization Of The Day: Sometimes the only thing you can say is, "They sure look pretty when they're frozen." These are Crosby...

Realization Of The Day: At this time of year, even the little weeds look pretty. This is one of the varieties of lettuce I direct seeded int...

Before After Realization Of The Day: The garden is always full of surprises. And many of them are good ones! Regular readers of In My Kitche...

Think Thin Realization Of The Day: This is one of those rare occasions when my garden gives me lettuce and tomatoes at the same time. A col...

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The One Year Anniversary 'My Favorite Herb' Edition! I Heart Homegrown Garlic It's hard to believe that it's been an entire...

Easy Cooking with Less Fuss, More Flavor You made the pizza dough , why not make the sauce, too? Homemade pizza is one of my favori...

Don't Cut Your Basil Season Short Volunteer Basil On August 8th (Those bamboo stakes form a teepee for some pole beans that never poppe...

Realization Of The Day: My glorious garden mint is being seriously underutilized in the kitchen. Any suggestions? Weather, Please Make Up Y...

Sedum Autumn Joy Realization Of The Day: After several minutes of closely scrutinizing the mysterious squash plants in the garden this morni...

They Look Like Squash Plants But Not Like Any Squash Plants I Can Recall Ever Seeing Realization Of The Day: I think 2006 is going to go dow...