Here’s a recipe I invented for a refreshing late summer salad. Apple Cucumber Melon Salad Use equal parts: Apple Honeydew (or similar green or white) Melon Cucumber Cut into chunks. Mix and dress with plain yogurt mixed (or vinegar) with a splash of lemon or lime juice and a pinch of sugar. Top with peanuts [...]
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apple cucumber melon salad
Posted in cooking, tagged apple, cucumber, garden, melon, recipes, salad on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
don’t count your melons . . .
Posted in garden, thoughts, tagged garden, melon, second thoughts, watermelon on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the summer I bought a beautiful, delicious watermelon. It was grown not too far from here in a similar environment, so I tossed the seeds under the cherry tree and left them to grow as they would. I only watered them when I watered the tree–about once, sometimes twice a week. Sure enough, they [...]
from invisible to ecstatic in one short week
Posted in garden, wild, tagged amaranth, flowers, garden, melon, persimmon, pickles, wild plants on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The monsoon has been generous this year. In a week the amaranth has gone from invisible seed to thigh-high chlorophyllic ecstasy. I wish I could leave the amaranth to grow in all its wild green splendor, but it provides an appealing habitat for mosquitoes and rattlesnakes. I’ll have to cut it down or pull it [...]
