Month: August 2011
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Basil Pesto
Here is the pesto recipe. Remember when making a dish with so few ingredients use the very best ingredients. At the Farmers Market in Evanston the other day I saw baskets of basil. Freshly picked. Gorgeous. Pine nuts are horribly expensive but worth it. Walnuts are an alternative. Walnuts will change the color and taste…
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Morning Walk through the weeds down the back.
Early this morning I took you all to walk the fences with me. I do this walk every morning and evening for the dogs toilet time. This is the wild area, where the weeds and all that wild grass is allowed to grow. I even throw seed gathered from the garden down there to encourage…
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Flowers in my garden that the bees love the most
Bees need flowers all summer long. Millions of them. So we need to plant flowers we know will flower in early spring, right through summer and as late in the fall as possible. The wonderful thing about growing flowers for bees is that it seems that the ones they love the most are the ones…
The Kitchen's Garden 