by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
You might want to catch this PBS episode of Chefs A’ Field on Saturday… looks fun.
Chefs A’ Field: Culinary Adventures that Begin on the Farm:Chef Suzanne Goin—Lucques/A.O.C.: Los Angeles, Cal.
Saturday, July 8, 2:30pmKVIE HDTV – Comcast 906/Charter 786/DT 6.1
Los Angeles chef Suzanne Goin (Lucques) and farmer Phil McGrath harvest organic
strawberries, tomatoes, squash and beans. Recipes prepared include “New World”
pork and beans; and kobocha squash and radicchio salad.
If you’re not in greater Sacramento and need schedule times, or just want to learn more about the show, click here.
by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
Reason to celebrate the 5th of July
Watch the video
My baby boy still has all his digits. That’s him (and his best bud) holding giant sparkler thingies…
and that’s him playing the piano piece accompanying the video!
For dinner, we barbecued dry-rubbed skinless chicken thighs and home-grown yellow zucchini squash, the boys swam, and we were at least safe, if not sane. To add to the surreality of the evening, two thirteen-year-old boys fought over zucchini at the dinner table. I know… gives you chills, huh?
by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
having another birthday (in six days) isn’t such a bad thing. WOW!!! Super cool plants, basket, bow and tiny gold Buddha! Emily the cat concurs. Thanks, Weeder!
by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
I planted these lilies a couple years ago. This year, they came back with a vengeance and look like this without any effort or pampering. Seriously, I did nothing and I’ve got these gorgeous 5″-6″ blooms. They’re not even staked. Can’t say that about many flowers, especially those with such a big payback!
I have two other lily varieties coming into bloom. One is an heirloom from Old House Gardens. I will definitely be ordering more lilies.
Sadly, my dahlia experience hasn’t been quite so rewarding. Every shoot from my dahlia tubers has been devoured by snails and/or slugs. Hey, does that imply lilies are snail-resistant?
by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
and clematis, you’ll want to read this recent New York Times garden essay.
Midnights in My Garden of Obsession
By MICHELLE SLATALLA
Published: June 15, 2006
by angela@diggingbliss | Jul 1, 2006 | Uncategorized
As of today, July 1st, here’s how my tomatoes are faring:
Black: not a very robust grower, fruit early to color up, severe cat-facing and some sun scald
Black from Tula: for an heirloom, very hearty vine, prolific, nicely-rounded fruit
Copia: at a disadvantage since I accidentally sliced off half its limbs… plant is smallish, fruiting is sparse… my fault? I wasn’t impressed with it last year either. Perhaps not a good choice for the Valley.
Costoluto Genovese: productive, attractive rippled fruit but individual fruits not very large, very healthy foliage
Early Girl: lots of uniform fruit, healthy foliage, not very early for me
Celebrity: compact plant, foliage looks ok, but not very full, lots of very uniformly round fruit
Sungold: still my fave cherry, earliest to fruit of all my plants
Sun Sugar: being grown as a hanging plant, early to fruit, sweet fruit but strange flavor undertones (my fault for allowing it to wilt a few times?)
Lemon Boy: R.I.P. (Great Snail Invasion of 2006)
Coming soon… how they taste!!!
