local food
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I made it out to the garden and all the tomatoes had exploded with the relentless rain. I did pick a variety of peppers, including the cayenne peppers. I will dry and turn them into powder for seasoning. One more check box on the list of gardening things done. These are weird times for our… Read more
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there was one Crimson Crisp apple dangling from a branch, so I picked it, took it inside, washed it, and ate it. Fall was never so sweet and crunchy. Read more
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The garlic harvest is finalized. I have been using it all along, yet the crop has been cured, trimmed, and sorted into three types, from left to right, storage, immediate kitchen use, and seed for next year. I am satisfied with the return on investment. Immediate kitchen use means the heads are much smaller than… Read more
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It rained all day Tuesday and the ground is still wet. The background color of foliage changed from green to brown, yellow, and red. Vegetables are still coming from the garden, yet not for long. Fall is upon us. Read more
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I put up what I can use in the kitchen. Over years of canning, I learned to abandon the idea of preserving every bit of extra food coming from the garden. Maybe it was that dozen quarts of sweet pickles from 2016. These days, I donate excess to the local food pantries and that serves… Read more
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The last six weeks have broken me. Few things are going as planned, yet that is somewhat normal. Read more
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In an effort to extend the life of too many eggplants, I quartered a baking sheet full of them to roast. This kept well in the refrigerator, yet was reaching the end of the line. I decided to use it all in a casserole made with tomatoes, rice, and other vegetables. It came out well,… Read more
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Where did that 1977 enamoring of all things hot pepper and capsaicin lead me? In part, it led to today’s kitchen garden. Read more
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Wendell Berry died on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. Known best by conservationists as the author of The Unsettling of America, Berry had written more than 50 books of verse, essays, and fiction by his death at age 92. It is difficult to work in the local food movement without giving a nod to Berry for… Read more
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Yesterday, I took four boxes of tomatoes and a few eggplants to our child near Chicago. They have a friend with commercial food processing equipment and sun-dried tomatoes and powdered tomatoes are in the works. I could never get enough moisture out of them with the dehydrator I bought for a buck at a yard… Read more
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