Spinach Salad

5 oz. fresh baby spinach2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms, I used “baby bellas”1/2 cup pecan halves4-6 cloves garlic, sliced2 cups sliced, cooked chicken breast1 large apple, chopped, I used Fujioptional, crumbled feta or chevre cheese, about 4 oz.Rinse and...

Climbing versus Clinging

This is a literal flop. That’s about 150 pounds of rose on the ground, I’m guessing. Erect, it reaches 20 feet. It’s not suspended off the ground in that arch you see. There’s just that much plant piled underneath it. It broken two well secured...

Homemade Vegetable and Fruit Wash

I live and die by this salad spinner. She’s no spring chicken, though. She has a pull string. She has those little hairline cracks from being dropped too many times. She’s been with me a long, long time. I use the strainer part to carry vegetables from the...

More Goat Fame

photo by Mike BrownFor all ya’ll on pins and needles….I got a continuance to finish my permit/variance. Bit boring? Yes. However, I have a fabuloso video courtesy of the lovely people at Channel Five Evening News. Click the logo below to see the video.And...

Fake Fake Broccoli

I’m a two-time broccoli-growing failure. Maybe, I thought, I could grow broccoli raab–it’s smaller and not as intimidating-looking as the real thing.So I looked into broccoli raab and it turns out my garden is already FULL of it.Broccoli raab...