tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85623024001674139222024-03-18T02:48:14.650-07:00thistleSpirited Urban Farmer talking about Food, Fashion, Farming and FolliesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-32975327826743067822015-02-09T11:40:00.002-08:002015-02-19T13:46:34.168-08:00visual gastronomy <br />
I recently realized that every search through iPhoto leads me on a gastronomic tour - my minds eye blurs details of what we ate and with whom so it makes me happy that it is documented.<br />
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Sometimes we love a recipe so much we make it again and again, each time attempting to recreate the magical first bite.</div>
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Every preparation is a little different. <br />
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We begin to trust ourselves with the familiarity of a recipe or technique.<br />
Refining it, we might have decided something is important or can be omitted because we don't have it on hand. Maybe we don't quite measure the olive oil, salt and pepper or decide we might chop too much of one herb and decide to throw in the extra. Omitting heat for a flavor with a pepper.<br />
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Our love of The Jerusalem Cookbook and Plenty have entertained many dinner parties. Certainly Mario Batali has his greatest hits at our table so has Nancy Silverlton's Mozza recipes. <br />
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Our tried and true old standards still amaze and gratify us every time we prepare them. Grilled steak rubbed with salt and pepper, grilled Ahi Tuna with a rub of rosemary, sugar salt and pepper with the grilled artichokes from The Hitching Post drizzled with lemon, salt and olive oil replacing the butter.<br />
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Savor some blasts from our past year of cooking<br />
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Jerusalem Cookbook chicken with clementine and arak has become one of our favorites served with the saffron rice recipe. We always make this recipe with brown rice a simple substitution that we adopted. <br />
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Simple salads dressed in Nancy Silvertons perfect vinaigrette are a staple.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">As is her Olive Oil bread, which I make in huge batches for holiday gifts.</span></div>
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Grilled toast with blistered tomato served with Grilled Ahi on top of cabbage salad</div>
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Arugula salad with roasted red peppers fresh buffalo mozzarella drizzled with balsamic and olive oil<br />
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Mushrooms with marjoram over toast</div>
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Tomato+ tarragon= YUM!<br />
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Lemon zest on anything and pretty much everything as a special finish<br />
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Homemade ravioli with ricotta and tarragon finished with lemon zest<br />
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Last year as we were moving house, downsizing and trying to purge, my neighbor was doing the same. She was moving from her family home where she had raised her children and enjoyed a wonderful life with her husband, dogs and giant yard for over 50 years. They travelled, collected art, furniture and books. He had been a photographer who had worked for Life Magazine shooting iconic photos such as one of my favorite of Martin Luther King that hung in their home. She told me of the containers of furniture she purchased in at an old farm in France and shipped on her journey on The Queen Elizabeth.<br />
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We often spoke over the fence while I was tending to Ivarene Farms. I would offer her a purple carrot freshly plucked from the ground, and she would entertain me with stories about her life, dogs, horses, children, grand daughter. We shared a love to food and good living. One year as she was preparing to take Peking Duck to a Thanksgiving celebration she called to ask if I would like the carcasses to render for stock- I did! It made the best stock, and I used the fat for frying potatoes the result was incredibly decadent.<br />
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She was moving back east to be closer to her children and grand daughter. Did I mention she had fantastic style and taste? When the estate sale was over she invited me to take what was still there before it was donated.<br />
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I was reluctant until I opened cupboards to find Bauhaus plates, English crockery, French bakeware, and a variety of other goodies. I couldn't just leave the stuff.... In the next room there were shelves lined with art books by just about every artist I had ever heard of or not. The pantry was chocked full of cookbooks by the likes of Alice Waters, Julia Child, James Beard and countless others. She had warned me that there was never anything that her husband liked and bought that he didn't buy two of, she was right!</div>
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John decided to curate what we would take. No pristine cookbooks here - the books showed signs of love, pages splashed with ingredients, covers torn and stained. It was a treasure trove. </div>
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I opened the tattered covers to find pages stuffed with recipes torn from old newspapers. An article on getting your child to mind you hidden in the midst of one cookbook. More than recipes live in these pages, memories of dinner party's past, meals shared with friends and families, celebrations. Ghosts of lost evenings of cigarette filled air, spilled wine on tablecloths dishes left to do until mornings black coffee had taken affect. <br />
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I can only think of what it must be like to be a vegetarian but love to eat meat. This is the comparison I draw when after living in a giant minimal house for 9 years we have moved on to a small, cluttery, warm and cosy house. I have been on a clutter free diet for 9 years, and missed my belongings.<br />
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We are in the process of downsizing from our enormous nearly 6000 square foot home to our temporary abode, the 1300 square foot guest house of Ivarene Farms. <br />
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We are physically closer enjoying each other in new found ways<br />
Our new space, which we resided in during our 2008 remodel is familiar and comfortable.<br />
For the first time in so many years I living in close proximity to my belongings, which were spread throughout our enormous house. The children were smaller and we hadn't aquired quite so many kitchen tools.<br />
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I think I prefer a bit of clutter over sparse minimalism. <br />
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The garden is on hold this summer due to circumstances beyond our control, which will be explained in detail in the coming months.<br />
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Our new house doesn't allow me the exercise of scaling stairs, instead we live intimately together, steps away from the kitchen are the bedrooms. Sharing one lovely bathroom rather than 4. We are practicing patience and respect for each other in a new way.<br />
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The lesson: Smaller is better. Smaller life= more freedom.<br />
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Today I took a field trip to The Fabric Store. Based in New Zealand this is the first of their US stores plunked down on La Brea and stocked with designer dress fabrics and curated like a candy shop. </div>
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If you go to their blog <a href="http://blog.thefabricstore.co.nz/">The Fabric Store Blog</a> there are directions on making a fantastic and super simple DIY handbag from this laser cut leather.<br />
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They began as seeds, lovingly watered and thinned so they would have room to stretch. As they grew in to their peculiar shapes they took on a mortal existence. <br />
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Storing them in bowls of water each root captivatingly sexy. I began my strange Cronenberg like collection. <br />
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What should I do with them? Sew them little costumes? I can't possibly eat them now that they have taken on human like forms.<br />
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For now they have taken up residency in a bowl of water in my vegetable drawer, each day they grow a bit more limp while I ponder their outfits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Itsey Bitsey Teeney Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</td></tr>
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It has been just a year since my life was changed by a little tiny jar of sourdough starter gifted to me by the legendary Andrea Crawford of Kentor Canyon Farms. <br />
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We spent the day in her kitchen with several other friends. The space is enviable : Double high ceilings, double ovens, double dishwashers. Her kitchen always smells delicious. Bowls of fresh farm produce abound and she generously fills bags of it for her guests to take with. <br />
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I have taken home peppers, lemons, avocados and pommogranite not to mention the the odd gourds Andrea gave to my girls resembling giant green poison apples. I was given two beautiful swanlike effigies grown by her husband and partner Robert.<br />
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The day began with Andrea's home roasted freshly milled strong coffee, followed by a lesson in levain, and bread making. Pausing only to eat a perfect lunch in her garden of salad and butternut squash soup she effortlessly threw together. </div>
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The day ended with perfect rounds of fresh warm bread to go.<br />
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Gifting me her starter and sending me on my way with linen index cards perfectly inscribed with her master recipe from Tartine Cookbook my brain hurt from all the new information and a bit of doubt.<br />
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"Nathan is slaughtering a goat on Friday and we are roasting it on Saturday, come by after 3 to share the feast. "<br />
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I'd been anxiously anticipating this text with a mix of horror and excitement. In preparation of this momentous decision, Nathan, my friend Andrea's son, had researched and come to a conclusion of how to humanly slaughter his goat. This was his second go at it, and from what I understood it was successful!<br />
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I briefed the family on what it meant to get to eat meat that had been raised, fed well cared for in a loving way. "If you are going to eat meat, this is the meat to eat! " I told them. "Raised well, fed well and some thought on how to end it in the kindest way."<br />
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The gathering was very intimate. Andrea, Nathan and a few close friends, including one newborn baby.<br />
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I followed the smells to the kitchen where I was greeted by a bikini clad kitchen goddess- Sherrie, who was in full command of the goat. I was met with an exotic mix of spices and fresh herbs. Not a gamey scent to be had.<br />
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Riblets served with a side of bar-b-que sauce were so tender you could eat the whole thing.<br />
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I'm am blissfully near the end of a two week retreat to The Bay Area. I have been privy to so many adventures, so much good produce, and so much fun with friends. There is so much to tell so I decided to do it all at once. What follows is a very long post.. sorry to those who can't hang with it but, here goes..<br />
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I planned my stay around my daughter camp schedule and was blessed with a wonderful place to stay by friends Andrea and Robert of Kenter Canyon Farms.<br />
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The adventure began early Sunday morning as my friend JoAnna and her daughter scooped Violet and I up and we made great time up to the Bay Area.<br />
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We had one night prior to depositing children at camp and we didn't want to waste it. A quick breezy trip around the Berkeley Marina for some fresh air and in to the city for dinner at the Elite Cafe on Fillmore for some oysters and a martini. <br />
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The next day was a beautiful journey through the countryside placing us at camp by afternoon. Greeted by friends, we said a brief goodbye. I felt a bit teary eyed and a bit more jealous.<br />
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The late arrival of John and the rest of our party beckoned for late morning Blue Bottle coffee at Guerilla Cafe on Shattuck in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto.<br />
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First night with John meant something fun, well researched and super special: Dinner at State Bird Provisons on Fillmore. We dined on an assortment of goodies from the dim sum style wagon.<br />
Post our amazing dinner I just read that Bon Appetit has named it Restaurant of the Year. Congratulations!!! <br />
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We sat at the counter which was super fun, watching each plate lovingly delivered to the wagon with great determination and care. A delicious glass of local rose accompanied my dishes each of which were artfully presented and equally delicious. I wish I had taken notes, well here are some photo's....Sadly, the only thing I didn't leave room for was their namesake dish named for our state bird: The Quail. <br />
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Next morning was time for fresh air. Just beyond the city lies giant redwoods and scenic mountaintops.<br />
First a picnic at Muir Woods Beach- a delightful assortment of local foods. Acme bread, Framani salami and an assortment of bay area cheeses.<br />
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The next day we ventured in to the city to see the Cindy Sherman exhibit at SFMOMA. Millie was excited to have her Cindy Sherman Sundae on the rooftop cafe.<br />
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Bubble gum syrup, Humphrey Slocum ice cream and bubble water.. ewwww it was sticky!<br />
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Did I mention that roller skates were the preferred method of travel this vacation?<br />
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Therefore, we couldn't miss roller disco in Golden Gate Park on Sunday!<br />
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Next to 18th and Dolores. Where the food scene is insane! Bi-Rite Grocery store, Bi Rite Ice Cream- where people wait in line for hours for their offerings. Dolores Cafe, and Tartine for fresh bread and baked goods. <br />
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Our destination was Namu Gaji where we dined on delicious Korean food from The Lee Brothers. Serving local delicious every changing menu we were fortunate enough to arrive while there were still tables available and were seated immediately and served by a very adorable waitress. We feasted on an assortment of things, my favorites were bimbim- cold soba noodles with cucumber, and delicate mushroom dumplings in broth I wanted to drink.<br />
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A quick stop for espresso at Tartine told us we must return for lunch another day.<br />
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After a few assorted venues for morning coffee we decided to try Local 12. Where the graffiti was for- bodin, coffee and service excellent!<br />
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Back to Tartine for lunch where we arrived just in time to see the bread being pulled from the oven.<br />
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A last minute score for Otis and we were off to dine on local pizza, and salad with friends James Lord and Roderick Wylie of Surface Design.<br />
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Berkeley Farmers Market on roller skates.<br />
Where we purchased shishiso and padron peppers and special immune system boosting mushrooms.<br />
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Next stop Emily The Strange creator Rob Reger's cool Victorian house with incredible gardens and greenhouse<br />
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A Fire was made, special label beer opened and we promptly got down to business. Picking lettuce, tomatoes, basil and artichokes and roasting mushrooms and peppers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home Grown Scarlet Runner Beans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roasted Immune Fortification</td></tr>
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Ok nearly there... Just a few more fun things...<br />
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Yummy lunch with Pulp Lab lady Kate Pawlicki at Jane on Fillmore - a quick trip to Sacramento street to Good Buys high end resale boutique and The Grocery Store-a fantastic must for designer clothes.<br />
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I know it's touristy, but the Embarcadero really has such great shops. Here I found sea beans, which I had recently had in a salad. almost like a succulent they are salty crunchy, like asparagus mixed with brocollini.<br />
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All this food, but he real highlight for me was a backstage tour of the Botanical Gardens Nursery in Golden Gate Park where I was privy to the propagation of carnivorous plants, ferns, orchids and begonias. As I left I was allowed to purchase a prize piece of an enormous Staghorn which was gifted to the Botanical Gardens<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-5449397710189258542012-04-28T16:05:00.001-07:002012-04-28T16:05:10.310-07:00Ivarene Farmer: Luncheon<a href="http://ivarenefarmer.blogspot.com/2012/03/luncheon.html#comment-form">Ivarene Farmer: Luncheon</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-51509605058253361662012-03-29T13:08:00.000-07:002012-03-29T13:08:04.654-07:00Luncheon<br />
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Today as I came in from the garden after foraging a lone leek volunteer from last years crop I found John preparing, with care, a lovely luncheon.<br />
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( See Crockery Chronicles)<a href="http://thecrockerychronicles.blogspot.com/">thecrockerychronicles.blogspot.com</a><br />
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We eat lunch together nearly every day. John whipping up a salad with our favorite lettuces with small additions from our pantry, cheese drawer and some other magical item he makes appear. Scavenging in our vegetable drawer usually produces additions from the garden such as freshly picked onion tops, parsley and carrot.</div>
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Recently John purchased some items from Salumi in Seattle. Salumi is Mario Batali's Father's cured meat business <a href="http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/">www.salumicuredmeats.com</a> . Some old favorites from his visits to Osteria Mozza <a href="http://www.mozza-la.com/">www.mozza-la.com</a> were in the package along with some new additions. My new favorites are "Dario"(possibly named for the most famous butcher in the world Dario Cecchini. Whose story might take up another post.).. full of nutmeg, mace, and dotted with peppercorns The Mole,with it's deep dark color is spiced with chocolate, cinnamon, ancho and chipotle peppers giving it both a kick and a bit of sweetness.<br />
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Rigging a special place to store them in our wine cellar the cellar is transformed in to a salumeria.<br />
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He skillfully adding small touches and patience he creates the perfectly balanced plate<br />
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A spending trip to California Cactus Center <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.cactuscenter.com/">www.cactuscenter.com</a></span> in Pasadena was just the thing to perk me back up. California Cactus Center is the resource for all things succulent. They boast rare species of plants from around the world. A journey there is never a waste of time and always inspiring and informative.<br />
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A cup of Marco Polo tea and I was ready to work.<br />
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A look back at last years bountiful supply of vegetables that never stopped giving made me anxious for another productive year. This year doesn't look quite the same. Not enough rain, too much sun and dry conditions. I haven't given up hope, I have these pictures to inspire me.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">January<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfTxNJTtksfmsjrsl9INCqpEOLqcOkJdK1dCoaGHZg6FLiocwg31NLUzIoPpKDzdYgve3ozsG_u3gg1f5MARGTAPeX7tlOqtvH2b8psZsBlEhFO96k7KftBRBl0CpnLdqRtKMAGK2HTQ/s1600/IMG_6569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfTxNJTtksfmsjrsl9INCqpEOLqcOkJdK1dCoaGHZg6FLiocwg31NLUzIoPpKDzdYgve3ozsG_u3gg1f5MARGTAPeX7tlOqtvH2b8psZsBlEhFO96k7KftBRBl0CpnLdqRtKMAGK2HTQ/s320/IMG_6569.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fava Beans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunflowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brussel Sprouts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Onion Flower, Golden Beets, Chamomile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Chinese Five Spice and Star Anise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haricot Vert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Beans, Haricot Vert and Wax Beans<br /><br />September</td></tr>
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When I planted my tomato plants in spring, I filled the holes I dug with compost... from which came...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mystery Squash and Gourds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Acorn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dried Sunflowers on the stalk very Tim Burton<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Late Summer Watermelon-with seeds</td></tr>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-69042937057615218032012-01-05T19:14:00.000-08:002012-01-05T19:16:50.080-08:00outside in<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From pretty much wherever I am in our house I feel like I am outside. Our house is mostly glass which sometimes makes us feel as if we were in a fish bowl or under the sea in a kelp bed. To create privacy we spent several years rearranging trees and bamboo like it was furniture. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Replacing walls with windows let light and greenery in. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Timber bamboo created a kelp forrest like effect. Grapevines entwined themselves around the bamboo- but were thankfully tidied up by my Father In Law at Thanksgiving.</span><br />
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Heavy bamboo branches cast beautiful green silhouettes.<br />
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Several years back on a trip to San Francisco, we visited a garden oasis on the outskirts of the city called Flora Grubb. <a href="http://www.floragrubb.com/">www.floragrubb.com</a> Eager to see some of the vertical gardens she was creating and selling, we poked around but were discouraged by the price. Her space is beautiful and full of the most modern and innovative pieces in the gardening world. <br />
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I noticed on her blog that she had just hosted someone I soon became enamored with- the creator of the Vertical Garden, Patrick Blanc. <a href="http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/"> www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com</a> Messieure Blanc creates verticle scapes that completely mask entire buildings in vegatative growth. His work spans the globe and is visable on nearly every continent. What more can I say, he is my idol.<br />
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Flora Grubb sells kits to make your own smaller more manageable version and has also been a pioneer in bringing these scapes in to fashion.<br />
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Inspired to create our version, we set out to find a way to do so. While searching the internet, John happened across some little containers which looked suspiciously like those we had seen at Flora Grubb, yet at a fraction of the price. Upon further investigation, he found they were discontinued- we suspect they might have been SO like those at Flora Grubb perhaps they had to stop making them. <br />
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With John's internet prowess and determination he soon found 22 of them hiding at an secret location in the valley. With no time to loose, he quickly purchased them for a song and gifted me a project, which should have been right up my green ally.<br />
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John measured, google sketch-uped, stained wood and created frames for the inserts. I shopped for what I thought would be the most beautiful colors of sedum and succulents- finding different varieties at several locations.<br />
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I needed an accomplice, an artistic director with fantastic color sensibility. Enter Richmond Burton, close friend, relative, and most of all amazing artist; who has recently located from New York to Los Angeles. <br />
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Over wine, music and progressing darkness we set to work creating colorful scapes draping bits of sedum and inserting bits of soil in the pockets for hours in to the late night.<br />
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I promised myself I would nurture and water the pieces as they lay for several weeks rooting and adjusting. <br />
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As summer progressed parts turned brown, grasshoppers were shooed away. I replanted once more- this time a little more hastily. More brown death discouraged me and I began to ignore the 22 black planters that were taking up most of our patio and crowding our lovely dining area. Not to mention blocking us from sitting in our beautiful new outdoor patio furniture. It became the bane of my afternoons. I continued to water but shame made me keep the curtains closed.<br />
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With the weather getting cooler and a new force of life (caffeine) coursing through my veins I was close to finishing.<br />
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I am grateful for the project John gave me. I am now using a spray bottle, paintbrush and silverware to be more precise. <br />
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One planter hung and new heartier succulents from California Cactus <a href="http://www.cactuscenter.com/">www.cactuscenter.com</a> cascading down the wall. We are nearly there. I am feeling proud and determined to see this through. <br />
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Spring has been an incredible time of death, birth and beauty. I travelled to both the Anza Borrego desert and Yosemite and was once again struck by the beauty and power of nature. Two places within the state of California with such opposing habitats. Anza Borrego has extreme temperatures and the desert supports such diverse ecosystem. From sheep to scorpions.<br />
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Yosemite with it's powerful melting ice and weather,and several inches of snow falling forced us out. We only were able to camp for two of the five nights we planned. Still I found it a worthwhile retreat.<br />
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Back home, it has been several months since my last post. I have not been idle. The garden is in a beautiful state of maturity. I am still picking and giving away loads of beets, carrots, onions and greens several times a week. New summer plantings include several varieties of beans, strawberries, corn, persian cukes, lemon cukes, seven varieties of tomato, radishes, more lettuces including my favorite butter leaf and arugula. <br />
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The sunflowers are laden with seeds turning each day to greet the sun and follow it across the sky. Some, sadly are so heavy the stalks have bent over and they are suffering on their sides, while miraculously others stalks are several inches around and supporting their 12" heads.<br />
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Onions are flowering, garlic is beginning to lay down but bulbs are not quite ready to be picked, braided and dried for storage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nature mimicking Dr. Seuss</td></tr>
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fava beans, chamomile, golden beets, onions and some lettuces share the soil in one bed.<br />
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endive, carrots, strawberries consume the next bed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The garden in transition</td></tr>
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I finally rid the brussel sprouts of aphids in time to see them overtaken by snails. I was encouraged while in a mediation class not to kill anything living, so I feel quite at peace with chucking them on to the roof of the nearest house to live.<br />
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Please come get some beets if you are close by...<br />
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The exotic scent of jasmin mixed with flowering citrus fills the air day and night. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The now over abundant produce spilling out of the garden beds is obscene. <br />
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Each night I'm trying to discover how to prepare the ingredients from the garden for my fussy families palate.<br />
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Shepard's Pie has been a saving grace. This seems to be the perfect vehicle to dump all the different veggies in to. <br />
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It is the most superbly simple recipe; basically a pie crust filled with whatever is on hand and topped with mash potatoes.<br />
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I have tried different pie crusts, spelt being the most healthy choice, but not the most tasty, most likely because of the lack of lard or some other fat. Frozen wheat pie crust from Trader Joe's being the one to have on hand in a pinch. Two come in the box, and so use one and freeze the extra for your next pie.<br />
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Here goes:<br />
Take out your frozen pie crust from the freezer, or if you have time there are many easy ones to make. Follow directions on the box or shell wrapper for oven temperature.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">place pie crust in pie dish </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> crimp edges</td></tr>
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FILLING:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the ingredients</td></tr>
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2-3 medium carrots or you can substitute one carrot for one parsnip<br />
1/2 cup English peas<br />
1 small bunch spinach or other green<br />
5-6 stems broccolini or broccoli rabe<br />
1 celery stalk<br />
1 med. shallot or 1/2 onion<br />
3 cloves garlic<br />
1 tablespoon olive oil<br />
1 lb. chicken tenders salted and peppered<br />
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Mashed PotatoTopping:<br />
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2 lbs russet potatoes, or Yam's, which make a sweeter topping. You can also use both together. Or about 4 medium. Scrubbed. <br />
3/4 stick unsalted butter.<br />
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt<br />
1 cup whole milk warmed<br />
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Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce a bit until they simmer. Cook 20-30- minutes until when pierced with a fork they are tender.<br />
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Peel potatoes if you like, otherwise it's quite rustic to leave them on. <br />
Mash with a potato masher or fork until soft, stir in butter until it's well mixed and whisk in milk.<br />
Add salt and mix in until potatoes are at desired consistency.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yam and potato topping still lumpy for a rustic effect</td></tr>
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THE FILLING<br />
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Mince shallots and garlic and put in small bowl.<br />
peel and cut up carrots/parsnip in to rounds<br />
Shell peas and discard pods, or feed to nearby dog.<br />
chop celery<br />
cut up broccolini in to 2 inch pieces<br />
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Cook chicken tenders on grill or in oven and cut in to small bite size pieces<br />
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Heat a large frying pan over medium and add olive oil.<br />
Just before the oil begins smoking add:<br />
Carrot, celery and brocollini<br />
When they begin to get soft and a bit brown add:<br />
Garlic and shallot<br />
Mix well<br />
Add greens<br />
Add cut up chicken<br />
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Put the delicious compote in to the pie crust and top with mashed potato.<br />
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Follow directions for the pie crust. If the potatoes begin to get too brown you can put foil on top until the pie shell is cooked.<br />
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Remove from oven and serve!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">et voila! The pie!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-3204533399972349912011-04-02T16:25:00.000-07:002011-04-02T17:07:15.673-07:00Today's Pickin's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Very tired from two nights in the sweltering Anza Borrego desert heat left me parched for fresh vegetables. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ocotillo</td></tr>
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The desert was alive with wildflowers and blooming Ocotillo's stretching their blooms up to the sun.<br />
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Back home the garden was infested with snails,and aphids and happy ladybugs. They left me plenty to eat, I don't mind sharing a little bit with them.<br />
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I'm too exhausted to write, but here are some of the things I picked this afternoon and will be consuming over the next day or two<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Endive and butter leaf lettuces aka the $15 salad</td></tr>
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The bountiful rain we were subjected to in southern California these past months has shifted our garden to spring.<br />
We now reap the benefits. Hungry? Come on over and harvest some for yourself...<br />
Just give me a bit of notice..<br />
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From one day to the next broccoli has flowered broccolini to be exact.<br />
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Neat little rows of spinach baring different sizes of tender, nutty flavored succulent leafs. <br />
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jewel colored nasturtiums bring butterflies, hummingbirds and bee's to the bed they share with onions, carrots, and butter lettuce.<br />
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Veiled with bird netting red and gold beets, emerald kale bordered by garlic with peas towering out towards the southern sky, draping heavy with their load of pods and flowers scatter spent blossoms in the wind.<br />
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The peas stand alone..but not for long.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-39795928743429583292011-01-19T20:29:00.000-08:002011-01-19T20:33:27.479-08:00Oven Roasted CarrotsI remember being about nine years old and espousing the scientific fact, "If you eat carrots you will be able to see REALLY well" I felt so proud to have this really meaningful bit of knowledge. Most likely collected from Gilligan's Island episode 28 where Gilligan finds a crate of radioactive seeds, Mary Ann plants them and eats so many carrots she can see far out to sea.<br />
In reference to this I found some rather funny thoughts on the subject on Snopes... worth a peek..<br />
<a href="http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/carrots.asp?page=2">http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/carrots.asp?page=2</a><br />
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You don't have to look far to find information on the benefits of eating carrots. They are high in Vitamin A and beta carotine which to helps sustain good vision.<br />
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I began to thin carrots in one of the overflowing garden beds today- arms loaded down by the tremendous greenery the carrots produce- end result I began to resemble a pageant winner in 4H. <br />
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After de-greening the gems- I gently used a paring knife to remove superfluous roots.<br />
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Tossed with olive oil, Maldon salt and a bit of pepper then inserted in to the oven at 400 degrees.<br />
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Gently tossing carrots after 25 minutes they were done to perfection and quickly consumed.<br />
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Although things are still blurry- I'm hoping to be able to see clearly now.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-18128440112992952432011-01-13T18:30:00.000-08:002011-01-13T18:30:36.463-08:00The Secret Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Though most of the country is frozen deep in winter, outside my door the hillside and secret paths are splattered with the awakening of springtime. Quietly our property has been transformed in to a dreamy and very colorful secret garden.<br />
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Dreamy Gauguin like images in the twilight...<br />
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I suspect not all was quiet over the holidays...<br />
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</tbody></table>The protectors dry out in the fading sunshine. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-80987849358217699932010-12-15T11:10:00.000-08:002010-12-15T11:10:09.041-08:00Winter GreenWhen I was a child, time seemed to pass so slowly. This fall days have melted in to weeks. The garden has served as a timepiece as to where I have been and what I have done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the beds with Sanford and Son's skateboard ramp in the background</td></tr>
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The planning and planting of eight of the ten new garden beds took some time. I planned as I planted, with a bit of help from John Jeavons book, "How to Grow More Vegetables"- I companion planted my garlic and onions with lettuce and nasturtium; beets and peas, broccoli and cauliflower- and the list goes on. Since I used seeds, I wasn't certain what the outcome would be.<br />
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Every short visit was a display of some little green bits emerging from the soil.. combined with some strange animal footprints trampling and crushing some of the starts. <br />
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First the lettuce: Arugula, mesclun, endive, romaine and butter leaf each silky new leaf, sweet and unlike any I've ever consumed before. <br />
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Thinning carrot, beet and other seedlings to add to salads as micro-greens. Some of them tasted like dirt and were spat out immediately!<br />
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A green only found in nature appears, silvery pea shoots covered in dew.<br />
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Pretty little carrots all in a row<br />
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Mrs. Havisham still lives in my garden...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mrs. Havisham lives on</td></tr>
</tbody></table>As I begin to rip out dead tomato plants I am halted by beautiful little striped heirloom tomatoes...<br />
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</tbody></table>and the last of the summer squash<br />
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My garden volunteers...somehow not consumed by rabbits?<br />
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Happiness....to be continued.....<br />
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Cheers! Happy Holidays from Ivarene Farms.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-54515933767706885312010-10-12T21:40:00.000-07:002010-10-12T21:40:31.524-07:00Green ThoughtsAngeleno's have been experiencing some very unusual weather- extreme temperatures fade to torrents of rain in just a few days. <br />
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I feel like I am doing a dance waiting for the perfect conditions to plant in and unable to predict what will come next. <br />
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Four old timers are still producing acorn, patty pan,butternut squash and little perfect spikey and very delicious persian cukes. <br />
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Guarded by old friends<br />
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</div>The purchase of things to come-<br />
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Beautiful illustrations of what I hope to consume<br />
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Let the wild planting begin!<br />
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Then watch and wait for things to come.....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-29066345096674116302010-10-05T18:04:00.000-07:002010-10-05T18:06:54.593-07:00Zoku Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHouA-aEy44E3nDtG8getR_1wIZgsQP1BvYEE3Q0hRj3MoN0TdPppGDY9wZ2EhUNcSh47Y0jjxxhnVs2hu3Dcl2wa2JpcPMN3ie3AI_27VWfCUNxINJAJF2snFDDaUMaGt9BLYXIb_lG0/s1600/IMG_5166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHouA-aEy44E3nDtG8getR_1wIZgsQP1BvYEE3Q0hRj3MoN0TdPppGDY9wZ2EhUNcSh47Y0jjxxhnVs2hu3Dcl2wa2JpcPMN3ie3AI_27VWfCUNxINJAJF2snFDDaUMaGt9BLYXIb_lG0/s320/IMG_5166.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For Violet's birthday last week we gifted her with the Zoku Frozen Pop Maker. This is the most ingenious little contraption. Not unlike a modern ice cream maker you freeze the bottom for 24 hours then pour in your ingredients and within 9 minutes you are enjoying a lovely ice pop.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="goog_2020648207"></span><span id="goog_2020648208"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The clever innovators of this contraption also created little tools that enable the creation of magnificent works of food art.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">She began quite simply by juicing oranges from our tree and pouring them in the mold - then when they were slightly frozen she extracted the middle with a special mini- baster like tool and imbibed them with silk creamer to creating a gorgeous, decadent creamcycle.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDedIz4CMfQSPbzutArnSkQMUGmw71i4fC8xHdmLzuHKyE-nRHNkjQMZQgttEY_XspO9s0s3pjBIVpb36_3xyEe5v9IZmneKf9MMZxPQj0_kr7APNzIaw50W4bzdJAgJTCrKWmpyhn5I/s1600/IMG_5172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDedIz4CMfQSPbzutArnSkQMUGmw71i4fC8xHdmLzuHKyE-nRHNkjQMZQgttEY_XspO9s0s3pjBIVpb36_3xyEe5v9IZmneKf9MMZxPQj0_kr7APNzIaw50W4bzdJAgJTCrKWmpyhn5I/s320/IMG_5172.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For my frozen pop Millie juiced local lemons and limes from our neighbors tree then we added some sugar, grated ginger and our cucumbers. A little more sophisticated and just as fun.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436857077489986711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562302400167413922.post-44531682611214313672010-09-22T12:33:00.000-07:002010-09-22T12:34:35.356-07:00Urban SukkotI learned from my friend Michelle, who is not Jewish, that today marks the beginning of the holiday Sukkot. <br />
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I remember this holiday as being one of my favorites when I had to suffer through Saturday mornings at what was ironically referred to as "Sunday School. "<br />
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I think what I loved was that for one day we got to go outside and crawl inside a damp, green, earthy smelling structure full of harvest fruits and vegetables. To me we were celebrating the change of seasons. <br />
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As I sat cross-legged inside the sukkah with my classmates we would share a snack of apples, sing and tell stories.<br />
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What I learned as an adult was that Sukkot was the temporary shelters that the jews lived in durning their exodus from Egypt 3000 years ago. Each fall this is memorialized as a week long harvest festival. This year it begins today.<br />
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With so much emphasis on how we live today it is no surprise that an international design competition in has been created around Sukkot. Aptly named: Sukkah City.<br />
<a href="http://sukkahcity.com/">sukkahcity.com</a><br />
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The competition re-imagines the ancient temporary dwelling in an urban setting. The rules are a contemplative read creating some interesting constraints for the designers. One stating :The roof cannot be made of food, but can be made of almost anything that grows. While another states A whale may be used to make a sukkah. (This last one taken from ancient historical texts.)<br />
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Twelve finalists were chosen by a jury of architects,designers and critics. They will get to construct their designs in an imaginary village in Union Square. One of which was chosen to stand as the Peoples' Choice Sukkah of NewYork City. Next year the festival will expand to cities around the world.<br />
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Check out some of the entries and winners<br />
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