5 a.m. sipping tea on my new deck…

Two gallons and counting…

The garden fence was down again. I took a picture this time. See? But it was only one side that was pulled down. Plus one string on an adjacent side. Whatever it […]

Grilled sockeye salmon pulled from the Kenai (say “KEEN-eye”) River on Monday and vacuum-packed and frozen within hours, and tender steamed chard cut from the garden earlier in the day, and a […]

Okay, okay, I blew it. I had a great photo opportunity and I didn’t take it. The idea of a camera never crossed my mind. Last night when I took the dog […]

Gardening feeds my soul as well as my stomach. There’s something about growing things–food, in particular–that is satisfying on the deepest, most basic level: Eating is a necessity; gardening fulfills that need. […]