I didn’t grow up during the Great Depression or anything, but you’d probably never know it from some of my attitudes — and I’m not the only one; there’s a whole “meme” or groundswell occurring in our society. What in the world am I talking about? You may have heard about the idea of nose-to-tail…
Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Some people are chocolate connoisseurs. Me, I love chocolate, but prefer vanilla, or its cousin, caramel. So, when the nearly-5-year-old convinced me to make ice cream at home this weekend, I clearly recalled a day in California — before he was even born — where I ventured to make what ended up being the best ice…
Escalation of Hostilities
I went out to the garden the other morning to find signs of… an intruder! It has rained and some of the footprints were especially deep, like something fairly heavy, and cloven-hoofed. That liked to munch off the tops of my vegetable plants. It was unmistakable, my white-tailed enemies had encroached upon my territory. It was…
Homegrown Potatoes
The last week or so, I’ve been scouring the Internet for information about potato diseases and pests. What, I wondered, could be causing my potato plants to wilt with leaves eventually turning yellow and brown. Could it be black leg? Blight? Magnesium deficiency? Then I started to do some math and realized that I’d planted…