Category Archives: Fruits

Tips for Harvesting Blackberries

Tips for Harvesting Blackberries

It’s still blackberry season at our house. Just yesterday afternoon, as our neighbors very kindly handed JR a half-dozen ears of (very sweet and delicious) corn from their garden, the three of them waxed on about how many freaking berries there are this year. The canes around our garden abut their hay field, and soContinue Reading

Blackberry Simple Syrup

Blackberry Simple Syrup

The first recipe made with our glut of blackberries was blackberry vinegar, which happens to still be steeping away in the basement on a shelf that also houses our multi pack stash of toilet paper. I know, I know, not very aspirational, is it? I’d love to be able to tell you that the vinegarContinue Reading

This week in the garden – end of July: tomatoes, eggplant, and blackberries

This week in the garden – end of July: tomatoes, eggplant, and blackberries

I’ve been a little remiss about garden updates these last few weeks. With family in town from Los Angeles mid-month, followed by an uncontrollable need to get to Block Island (if you know The Block, you understand), we’ve been on the go, and I’ve been keeping my distance from the computer, which isn’t a badContinue Reading

This Week in the Garden – mid-June: strawberries and wild turkeys

This Week in the Garden – mid-June: strawberries and wild turkeys

I’m a little tardy with this week’s garden update. JR and I took a very quick trip to North Carolina, stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast, ate outstanding North Carolina-style pulled pork (in vinegar and crushed red pepper sauce) and Brunswick stew, then hoofed it around Pinehurst No. 2 for the final day of the men’sContinue Reading