Come into the Kitchen, Gardener

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Pickle That Peck O’Peppers People!

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Pickle That Peck O’Peppers People! This column tends to be a recipe centric follow up...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Herbal Succulents - Aloe Vera Blossom Sauté

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. Vista, California. Sunset through Aloe vera blossoms. Flowers destined for tacos! A...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Leafy Greens Juice

Leafy Greens Juice By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. Since I have a burgeoning raised bed of mixed greens growing...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Porch Bed, Potatoes & Arugula

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! February 2022. Those of you who attended the "*Coffeeless Coffee in the Garden" back in November...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Karen's Never-ending Persimmon Crop Leads To Muffins

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2022. Karen's previous persimmon recipes can be read here; Persimmon cocktail called...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Edgehill Herb Farm Persimmons

By Kaye Wren, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Did you attend the recent coffee-less Coffee In The Garden at SDHS president, Karen...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Dates and Potatoes

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. As you read through this month's newsletter articles from Jim Bishop and Sommer...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Keep Calm And Carrot On!

By Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. With thanks to https://www.gloryofthesnow.com/carrot-puns/ for the punny title of...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Eat From Your Summer Vegetable Garden

By Karen England. As Sommer Cartier recommends in her bi-monthly column, Grow with Abundance, in this, the May 2021, issue of Let's Talk...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Asparagus and Strawberries, Just Not Together . . .

By Karen England. Did you read my April President's Letter in this issue of Let's Talk Plants!? If so, then you learned about a "new...

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: If You Didn't Toss It, And You Planted It, Then Cook And Eat It!

This month, while editing Sommer Cartier's column, GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Don't Toss It, Plant It! about growing sweet potatoes and green onions

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Tomatoes, the Umami Superfood

a category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter), corresponding to the flavor of glutamates, especially monosodium glutam

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Duck Eggs

Early in the pandemic, mainly to control garden snails, I got two ducks to join my two old hens already in the chicken coop. You can read ab