Plants and food just go together. It seems that even if their gardening interests don’t extend to vegetable gardening, most plant people share a passion for food. Here we talk about food-bearing plants as well as what we’re cooking and eating. Team Plant Lust feels plants are life, in all the ways!
Last week Patricia mentioned her foray into tomato growing. Since she'd previously asked about my "candy tomatoes" -- a reference to the fact everyone was eating them like candy at the open garden last August -- I thought I'd share what I'm growing this year. I think...
Rhodocoma capensis aka Cape Restio is described by our friends at Xera Plants thusly: "Light textured perennial from South Africa, this species forms a 6' fountain of stems like giant green feather dusters. Resembles bamboo and grass---though related to neither. Full...
I admit, I've been avoiding the garden, Oh, it's been warm enough to be out there, and I'm at least keeping my bird feeders full. The problem is, every time I go out there, I see weeds. And I'm not done with my inside projects. So many test colors on so many wall. Ai...
The great thing about walking the neighborhood is you see things you might miss from the car. I'd noticed this particular garden because it has the most exquisitely pruned Sambucus. And truth be told, I've been hoping to catch the pruner in the act--so I can offer to...
Here we are again, the time of year when there's a bottomless pile of zucchini on the counter. Last year I said there's no such thing as too much zucchini, and I stand by it, but I'll admit there are moments where doubt creeps in. You have to keep remembering what a...
It can be challenging as a tourist and get a sense for local life and culture. It's always a bit awkward when you're stopping to photograph something that seems novel to you, while the people around you are just in a hurry to get on with their day and some tourist is...
It's been quite exciting, watching new planter boxes go up all around me. For a couple of weeks it seemed every day's dog-walk yielded a new development. Then came the plants, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, strawberries, lettuces, kale...no wonder I'd come home hungry. Now...
I love all of October, especially Halloween. It's so much fun to see jack-o'-lanterns and their spooky friends turning up on porches. But me, I'm not a big fan of pumpkin carving. Especially step one, where you find yourself up to your elbows in seeds and stringy...
First, let me apologize if I got a certain relentlessly cheery 1980s pop song stuck in your head with the blog title. I've been punished, it's now stuck in mine. There were two things that came across my field of vision recently that led me to this earworm. First, an...
I'm embarrassed. Back when I worked in an office, I used to hide in my cubicle while coworkers distributed their excess garden harvest. There always seemed to be zucchini, which topped my list of duck-and-cover foods. To be fair, I had only ever had zucchini as...