Not So Crafty

Month: November 2008

  • Feeling Under the Weather

    I have unfortunately caught a cold and am nursing it with hot sake and miso soup. If that doesn’t work I am going to try Smitten Kitchen’s 44 Clove Garlic soup if that can’t fix what ails me nothing will.

  • I have been enjoying the Meyer lemons off my tree for the past few weeks. Last night we tried Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for Lemon Risotto. The first time I made this it was a little too much lemon so I tweaked the recipe and put half the amount of lemon juice. I also added scallions…

  • Sunday Plans

    I am going to be busy today cleaning up the garden the best I can and planting shallots and garlic for next year. I am growing Yellow Dutch shallots and Tempest Brown garlic with German Porcelain garlic. I am planting later this year than last year since it’s important not to plant them too early…

  • Have a Great Weekend!

  • A Nice Surprise

    Last year I grew paperwhite bulbs indoors during the dreary winter months. I found contradictory information on what to do with the used forced paperwhite bulbs. A few sources suggested planting them in the ground but others said that a forced bulb uses so much energy that it can’t regenerate next year. Not wanting to…

  • Happy Friday!

  • Operation Use More Chard

    I have had a love/hate relationship with my Swiss Chard. On the one hand it’s beautiful plant. It has long red and yellow stalks with large leafy greens. Not only that but it requires minimal care. It grew and crowned into two additional plants without any effort from me. But at the same time I…

  • Firework Flowers

    I always thought these Chrysanthemums look like fireworks and I think we have a lot to celebrate since last night.

  • It’s Mum Mania

    Last year’s Halloween surprise was two small chrysanthemum plants in Halloween buckets. As the season progressed I received a small pot of white mums for free from the nursery. I later found a mystery one with no flowers but healthy foliage for a dollar at another store. Not knowing much about Chrysanthemum’s I just planted…

  • Go Out and Vote!