Oh, and there was a skunk in our henhouse eating eggs all of last weekend, too. But that’s not technically the garden, even if he did stank up the garden on the night he was discovered robbing the eggs. We are eating giant mixed green salads every night at dinner, which is really fabulous, but… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden – mid-June: strawberries and wild turkeys
I’m a little tardy with this week’s garden update. JR and I took a very quick trip to North Carolina, stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast, ate outstanding North Carolina-style pulled pork (in vinegar and crushed red pepper sauce) and Brunswick stew, then hoofed it around Pinehurst No. 2 for the final day of the men’s… Continue Reading
Peas with Lemon Mascarpone
As mentioned in the post about lunch at La Bandita Townhouse in Pienza, since having their pea soup with lemon mascarpone, I’ve been making lemon mascarpone and eating it with abandon. In related news, I also bought a lemon tree after returning from Italy. It’s only a wee, little tree right now, but eventually, I… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden: Peonies, Poppies, and Wisteria
We’re still eating plenty of asparagus, and our strawberries have just started to blush pink, so we’ll be enjoying those soon, but the real news in the garden this week is that the tardy peonies, poppies, and wisteria have all finally started to bloom. In a typical year, our poppies and herbaceous peonies begin to… Continue Reading
Summer Sundays: First Day at the Beach
We’ve been going to the same beach, South Shore in Little Compton, Rhode Island, for the last 18 years. Eighteen years! How did that happen? Not ones to rush into anything, this year, we finally bought a season’s pass. It seems like we’ll probably keep going there for at least another 18 years, so why… Continue Reading