Sun lovers
It felt like a near-death experience. Me. Turbo kickboxing after eight months away. Burning chest, raspy breathing, nausea. And my chipper instructor …
Flowers in a drought
Despite the blessedly beautiful storm clouds covering my neighborhood right now, California is in a terribly, ugly, awful, persistent drought. Thinking about …
Fixing my tomato mistakes
There are few things I like better about summer than sweet, ripe tomatoes from the garden. In fact, I’ve cultivated quite the …
13 things my spring gardener self needs to know
The holy grail of gardening. As the summer gardening season fades away, I’ve got a bone to pick with myself for the …
#100HappyDays: The $10,000 tomato
18 ounces of tomato goodness, July 5, 2014. “Honeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy, LOOK!” I exclaim, holding up a tomato the size of my head. (Well, …
#100HappyDays: First Caprese salad of the season
First Caprese salad of the season, June 29, 2014. Beefsteak tomatoes pulled from the garden + basil snipped from the front porch …
#100HappyDays: First fruits
Visualize caprese salad! And salsa! And bruschetta! And, and, and… June 16, 2014. Few things I love more than a perfectly ripe …
#100HappyDays: Because you can never have too many tomatoes
June 2, 2014, Black Krim Heirloom Tomato goodness. It might be a sickness. I’ve already got 21 plants in residence, in various …
#100HappyDays: A bumper plant
May 27, 2014 At the time of this photo, this Early Girl had 21 tomatoes growing! If only all of my tomato …
#100HappyDays: Tomato mania
Imagine a choir of angels singing. That’s pretty much what I hear when I look at this photo. Want to know more …