Interlude

I have so many ideas, so here’s a little interlude for a planning session.   With Christmas coming up, I have ideas for Christmas Cake blogs, I am working on one for a history of Christmas Cakes, and Mum will make a Christmas cake for the family. I want to make some strawberry and cream-cheese […]

iPeas

My iPeas   These have affectionately become known as the 5th Generation iPeas. They would like to take the opportunity to thank the Apple Computer Company whose iPhones, iPods, iPads, and the multiple generations of these products, inspired their name.     The iPeas great-great-great-great grandparents were planted just over a year ago. In mid-November […]

Globe Artichokes

Globe Artichokes     When I started “the artichoke experiment” my knowledge of artichokes was sketchy at best. I did know there were two types of artichoke, the Jerusalem and the Globe. I eventually found out that Globe artichokes are related to the thistle family and produce large purple flowers if left on the plant, […]

Spring Farmers’ Market

It is always a joy to visit the local Sunday Farmers’ Market. Especially on a Spring morning under a sunny blue sky. I had been to the same exact site the day before for an Edible Gardens show. The wind was strong then, but on this morning it had fortunately died down and was a […]