Basil pesto disappointment
Made pesto tonight with basil from the garden. I wasn’t terribly pleased with the results. It tasted flat… somehow not lively. I …
“Grow” Coasters
My friend Amanda is the executive director of Growing Hope, an organization that promotes community empowerment through gardening, and I’ve been a …
On Bugs and Beans
I don’t like posting other people’s photos on my blog (though I’ll link to them), so no photo of the braconid wasp …
A visit to the home gardens…
We visited my parents over the weekend in Kingwood (north of Houston), and I braved the mosquitos just before we left to …
The Weekend Onslaught That Wasn’t
It’s been a few days since I posted, but it was because we went to Houston for a couple nights to see …