Instagram Round-Up
0August 25, 2016 by Sarah
I like Instagram a lot, here’s a round-up of what I’ve been posting over there in the last few weeks. You can follow me directly here.
This is my second year trying to grow melons. I thought I had failed another year in a row after seeing lots of flower but no fruit, and was about to pull out the plants, when I noticed this. A melon! About the size of a quarter in diameter. How did I miss this after studying the plant every single day? There’s a whole lot of mystery that comes with gardening, there’s a lot that I do as the gardener but than there’s a lot more that I have absolutely no control over. There are so many parallels here with my spiritual life.
I’m planning for our fall and winter garden! And I’m really excited about these seeds that I picked up at our local farmer’s market. I’m planning to grow lettuce, arugula, spinach, kale, broccoli, chard, radish, beets and broccoli raab.
Summer harvest is the best. We’ve been getting tons of tomatoes, lots of beans, and experimenting with eggplant.
I was so excited to check out Tartine Manufactory this week. It’s SO GOOD. I even got to meet and chat with Liz Prueitt, the co-creator and James Beard award winning pastry chef. I was totally a blubbering fangirl asking her about her country loaf and telling her I followed her on Instagram. I brought back home the pastries above, a broiche with jam and humboldt fog cheese and a strawberry candied-lemon scone, as well as a humongous country loaf.
Perilla leaf is a plant I grew up eating a lot of with my Korean side of the family. I have memories picking enormous amounts of it in my aunt’s backyard. I started growing it this year and love incorporating it into my cooking.
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