SiewPeng Recipe - Fried Rice, written 3 days ago, Looks familiar? After the vegetarian fried pasta, here comes the vegetarian fried rice with…chips and half of a ‘panggang’, one of the local food here. It was meant to be our breakfast but we kept it till lunch and so here it is. Well, I wa...

salsa post on gardenaut, written 1 month ago,

Yes. We. Did., written 2 weeks ago, Thank you America and thank you Barack. Land of Hope and Dreams Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder’s rolling down the tracks You don’t know where you’re goin’ But you know you won’t be back Darlin’ if you’re weary Lay your head upon my chest ...

greens with potatoes and onions, written 2 days ago, I made a terrific casserole yesterday. All veggies from my garden or my recent CSA distribution: collard and beet greens, celeriac, potatoes and onions. Next time I'll make more, as this is really good the next day too. Its a good warm dish for a...

compost, written 2 days ago, Good living is all about compost. So is good dying for that matter. So this morning I turned my current compost heap. I didn't bother on the previous site but suspected this one would benefit. I removed the piece of roofing iron which has been keeping it warm and mos...

BULBS AND THEIR CARE, written 1 week ago, I just talked with my daughter who had been out planting bulbs with her 5 year old son. What fun! Can't you just imagine his joy in the spring when his bulbs come up and bloom? I can just imagine him bringing in a bouquet for his Mom! That brings up a goo...

Opossum on the Porch, Compost Eating Critter, written 2 days ago, No picture with this post, this is probably the first post I’ve done ever without a picture, for some reason I didn’t think about it last night. So, last night I made some skillet apples, and as I do normally I got out a brown pap...

Pretty picture: Goodaleara Pacific Truffle 'Surrogate Star', written 2 days ago,

New Zealand flower deliveries, written 1 week ago, I just got myself these lovely tulips thanks to New Zealand flower deliveries. Great because I just planted my tulip bulbs last week (see: Planting tulip bulbs) and was wondering how to get more tulips to put online.   Actually these tulips where d...

Apples & Pumpkins, written 2 weeks ago, DH did a nice job cleaning up the kitchen this afternoon. I took it as an open invitation to make a mess! He helped, too. First, an extra large apple crisp. Then cooked apples were run through the contraption, above, to make applesauce (we didn't peel them...

Current Project- Night Lighting, written 1 week ago, Here's an image from a recently completed project in Mill Valley. We were performing an uplight adjustment on this kinetic stainless steel sculpture, the focal point of the front yard. ?

Oooops, written 3 days ago, Well the bad news is there is still absolutely no news on my missing luggage, worse I can make no contact with intelligent life at Air Canada. I'm almost certain that when I put down the phone having called them this morning they could hear me scream in Canada from here i...

Cultivating a garden.

Roman Holiday, written 2 weeks ago, No gardening during the last week as we were in Roma! Our first visit and it won’t be our last. After living La Dolce Vita on the Via Veneto on Saturday night to celebrate Jon’s 40th birthday, we did as the Romans do on Sunday morning and promenaded in the ...

Not much gardening at the moment!, written 1 month ago, I am not managing to get much gardening done at the moment as we are having a new bathroom fitted. This takes up most of the house, most of the day, and most of my energy.....the fitter starts early and stays late! Plus.......after he went home...

Old Posts Never Die, written 2 days ago, From the past- as I go into my winter semi-dormancy {originally on my old blog and reposted here 9/14/06} I love trees. I am one of the tree-hugger persons; in fact, I highly identify with the Ents in the Tolkien stories.Here's a few bits of info on Ents: Ac...

Lahav Forest (יער להב): Wild Pink (Dianthus strictus), צפורן נקוד, written 1 week ago,

Blooms From the Garden, written 4 weeks ago, I used patchouli leaves, areca palm fronds, heleconia foliage, and three purple heirloom roses for this vase. The roses didn't last that long, but the patchouli and palm greenery lasts for a month! I've been kind of slacking with this blog because school...

How to test your garden soil (GardenGirlTV), written 2 days ago,

Weekly instructional activities for your california school garden.