Happy Michaelmas 2023! Have an Apple!
You have to grow tomatoes and peppers in a “polytunnel” here in Ireland. It’s too cold and windy outside. July was so cold, my homegrown tomatoes were still pretty green …
In a Bar with Irish Spring at Hand
Irish Winter is the best season for sitting in pubs and complaining about the weather (while eating oysters and drinking Guinness). I can hold my own at this sport. At …
The Seedy Side of Galveston
Seeding Galveston is an urban gardening project that has transformed some weedy vacant lots on Galveston Island into thriving community gardens. The largest plot, at 33rd and Avenue N, is …
DIY Olives: Who Ate the First Olive?
How to Cure Olives: Our new house in Galveston has a small, and very old, olive tree near the back porch. I haven’t figured out the cultivar–my iPhone plant app …
FTX Symposium
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Pickled Daikon: Meat’s Perfect Pal
By guest blogger Katie Walsh I spent some time in Houston with my dad On A Meat Mission, to learn about meat and how it’s cooked. Over the next several …
Homemade Cayenne & Tabasco Sauce
Jim Sherman, my gardening guru, told me to meet him at a raised bed garden this morning. He was trying to clean the place up to get it ready to …
Creamer Peas with Wild Boar Country Ham
My friend Dr. Ray Hambuchen of Conway Arkansas has an impressive sausage making and dry curing operation in his suburban garage. Every year around this time he clears his freezers …
Fermentation Frenzy
The fermenting frenzy continues. Last week, I was given a half a bushel of heirloom cucumbers, some with lovely ridged skins. I used them to make hot fermented pickles with …