Every October, the eggplant leaves in my garden end up looking like Swiss cheese. The flea beetles get to them the same way they do every year, and I never quite get around to fighting back. This fall, there was also a tomato hornworm, so enormous by the time I found it that I didn’t… Continue reading Spiced Roasted Eggplant with Bulgur Salad
Month: May 2026
Time Management for the Life You Actually Want
A lot of people who love hands-on hobbies, things like gardening, cooking from scratch, canning and preserving, composting, or just spending more time outdoors, run into the same problem. There never seems to be enough time. Add a demanding job to the mix, and it can feel impossible to fit any of it in. But… Continue reading Time Management for the Life You Actually Want
Dry-Rubbed Grilled Steak with Grilled Corn and Tomato Salsa
Holding on to summer, one cherry tomato at a time Are you sleeping with the windows open yet? We are. This is my favorite stretch of the year, the slow handoff from summer into fall, and I am not ready to let go of summer food just yet. So I’m eating every late-season vegetable I… Continue reading Dry-Rubbed Grilled Steak with Grilled Corn and Tomato Salsa
5 Real Reasons to Grow Vegetables from Seed This Year
There’s a moment every spring when you walk into a garden center, see those tidy six-packs of tomato seedlings, and think: why am I bothering with all the trays and grow lights and timing charts? Just buy the plants. It’s a fair question. Buying starts is easier. It’s faster. And for a lot of gardeners,… Continue reading 5 Real Reasons to Grow Vegetables from Seed This Year