… didn’t make it but the other plants brought in for the winter appear to be doing fine. A lovely sight and scent when the sun heats the basil.
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the tarragon …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, flowers, gardening, indoor gardening, indoor plants, Inspiration, nature, Photography on January 9, 2023| 1 Comment »
meanwhile …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, Photography Exhibits, tagged activists, art, beauty, climate change, climate crisis, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography on November 26, 2022| 1 Comment »
an autumn garden indoors
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography on November 1, 2022| 2 Comments »
This area was once filled with pothos that had way overgrown and once upon a time was lush and green but after much unattendance this summer had become gnarly and brown so … I cleaned house so to speak. Many a pothos tendril is sitting in jars of water waiting to root so this area may be pothos-strewn once more but for now light falls upon summer garden herbs and flowers that will hopefully find this to overwinter.
with thyme …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, food photography, gardening, herbs, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pickling on October 24, 2022| 5 Comments »
Cleaning up in the garden still … a slow process … and found a bit of thyme that was the perfect excuse to slow down and make some pickles. Not bad. 🙂
sight lines
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged family, gardening, gardens, healing, healing gardens, home, Inspiration, musings, nature, Photography, walking on October 16, 2022| 1 Comment »
Outside this window, down below, there is a yard chaotically divided into lots of pocket gardens. There is a trio of pots that still have remnants of basil though I think they will fade to black when the night time temps drop into the 30s this week. There are raised beds bright green with red clover growing and the bright gold flowers of tall stalks of mexican tarragon. I specifically placed pots of orange and burgundy mums in the furthest bed right next to a forest of rosemary. I wanted that burnt beauty to be part of his line of sight once he returned home. And now that Steve is home, practicing his steps deliberately, he can walk from the living room to the distant kitchen window and see the wider world, the gardens that he helped plant and dream of what we will plant in the spring.
On the porch
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography on September 9, 2022| 3 Comments »
On the porch are two pots of sweet basil, two pots of Mexican tarragon, Thai basil, pineapple sage and to fill out the corners and spill over the bannisters, a large pot of magenta petunias and a small pot of ivy. And then there is the evolvolus hybrid or dwarf morning glory. A completely random purchase because the pickings were kind of slim at my Home Depot garden center but I needed to buy something even if it wasn’t edible.
Of late I’ve been pinching the basil and making little caprese salads. They are little containers of summer for Steve as he recuperates. The pineapple sage is flourishing but I can’t think of what to do with it. I see recipes for cocktails but I’m not making any cocktails to go. For now I’ll simply enjoy the green of its large leaves and hope that it might bloom though it is a bit late in the season.
I haven’t completely forsaken the larger garden … some things have bounced back after the recent rains but it is nice to have a tiny discrete spot to work with. Taking care of the plants is a bit like a morning meditation.
the dill bolted …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, colors, dill, flowers, gardening, herbs, Inspiration, nature, Photography on June 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
saturday evening’s harvest
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged basil, beauty, colors, edible flowers, flowers, gardening, herbs, Inspiration, nasturtium, nature, Photography on June 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
more pickling
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged edible plants, food photography, fun, herbs, Inspiration, Photography, pickles on November 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Working with what’s available in the house … cucumbers, white wine vinegar, light brown sugar, kosher salt, garlic, red peppers and oregano. We’ll see how this batch turns out.
rosemary
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, gardening, herb garden, herbs, Inspiration, nature, Photography, remembrance, rosemary on October 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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