, remove the deer’s bladder, stuff it with yarrow flowers, hang it from the eaves all summer, bury it for the winter, then dig it up and put it in your compost pile in the spring so that the compost can "inhale the cosmic...

planting, weeding and harvesting. She hires local teens for serious work and has a couple of WOOFERS staying in a small bunkhouse or tents throughout the summer.

for an appetizer, and most of the pasta dishes. It is difficult to reccomend a specific pasta, becuase they are probably weeding out the summer dishes now. You never can go wrong with one of their special pasta dishes.

It’s funny, because I did a bit of research on this a while back and apparently tiger nut (a.k.a. yellow nutsedge) grows wild everywhere in the US and is viewed as an invasive nuisance "weed." The only folks here who seem...

Chufa are also called “tiger nut” in the US. But I never saw them at any latin american markets in DC (or anywhere else in the US). Apparently the plant grows wild in the southern half of the US, but it’s just...

Oh my gosh, I chewed tar, all of my friends chewed tar! I lived in Florida most of my growing up years and in the summer the tar paved streets would get pretty soft. We’d get a stick and dig at the pavement until we got...

Where can I find tomatillos at this time of year in Toronto. I have seen them grown in the Summer but I need to cook Mexican food NOW! Perhaps canned?

FYI – this is the second year for Harvest Wed. - had a couple of great meals last summer. Enjoy!

Put it in the freezer. Look up a recipe for cold borscht and use that as a liquid. A cold borscht in the summer with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of dill weed is a nice thing. Or if time gets away, use it as the liquid...

found anything that comes close, having tried every honey sold in Toronto every time my Chatsworth hoard runs dry. I’ve been making pilgrimages since 1974. This year’s summer harvest has been pailed. Look them up on...

in 80 down here and they do great. I grow them through late June and July and then inside in pots until Sept. One of the easiest herbs that I grow. I have 15 varieties and red basil is my most finicky. Dill of course is not a...

I’ve been warned to be careful not to pick dandelions that have grown in yards where there may have been pesticides or chemical weed-and-feeds. But there was a time when Gibbons’s book was a lot of fun for us. Not...

Are there any cook-gardeners who can advise me on what kind of mint to plant for my summer mojitos? Which mint would give me that classic mint taste? I’ll probably be making a few Vietnamese summer rolls, too (although we...

I love Rosemary with mushrooms. As others mentioned: mint with peas, mint with lamb, mint REQUIRED in Mojitos (and Mojitos required in Summer); Rosemary (and garlic) with lamb, mixed with thyme for chicken; Dill weed in...

A couple of summers ago, my CSA offered lovely habaneros. Sadly, they did not continue to grow them, as I was the only one who enjoyed such a hot pepper. But I digress. I roasted and froze two batches from different weeks –...