Marin Homestead
From the monthly archives: December 2009
Growing up, I remember my aunt growing this odd vegetable in her backyard. The plant was huge and took over her the shed in her backyard as well as the arbor that was about 10 feet x 10 feet. The plant was so monstrous and was completely covered [...]
I love going to the farmer’s market and it has become something I look forward to every sunday morning. I sneak out of the house while the boys are still asleep…so early that the vendors are still setting up. Last week I saw an abundance of swiss chard. It is so easy to prepare…sautee some [...]
Well, it is officially winter. We had our first low temps of 29 degrees when an “arctic blast” came through. I will post about the damage in another thread.
This cold weather makes me wish to be in the tropics. Here are some pics from our trip to vietnam.
Hanging out under a large Mango [...]
My fall garden has not been as successful as my summer garden. I need to figure out the timing to put the seeds in. For the first round of beets I put the seeds in too quickly and the soil got too warm and the beets pre-maturely pushed themselves out of the soil and did [...]
