Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category

September 11th, 2009

When I was a kid, my mom grew all kinds of stuff in our teeny tiny backyard garden. Fat, juicy tomatoes, radishes, tiny little strawberries, and zillions of flowers. Our garden was wonderful. It always amazes me to think how much my mom attempted – and often succeeded at doing – in that tiny little house. She would cook feasts, bake tins of shortbread cookies, assemble furniture, still somehow had time to finish her degree, work long hours, be a mom, and spend time with me just hanging out. In addition to all her home cooking and gardening, we’d hit up our local indie video store and rent a few movies, order a large pizza and a totally junk food salad drenched in oil and vinegar dressing that, to be honest, was mostly oil. keep reading »