To make room for the cabbage and lettuce I had to pull out three leeks. Aren't they pretty? With their ombre' coloration they'...

It is the last week of August and our garden is looking a little rough. A few very dry weeks did a bit of damage to our tomatoes. Three ou...

This morning we invited a dozen friends over for brunch before our annual neighborhood summer festival. Oliver made biscuits and gravy as ...

My apologies for the lack of posts recently. In addition to winding down our daily blogging we've also been distracted by fun, summert...

By the time the Grant Park Farmers Market opens at 9:30 we've already been up for at least an hour. This morning we spent time in the ga...

Thursday night Oliver made dinner from ingredients we had on hand. An onion, garlic, olive oil and box of pasta from the pantry. Plus thre...

Tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and pumpkin - oh my! We picked five tomatoes on Tuesday and it looks like we'll have a few mor...

Tonight I picked two eggplants and three heirloom tomatoes. These are the same tomatoes that I photographed and posted on Saturday. Four ...

The big news about this meal is that I (Cullen) made it by myself while Oliver was not home! I'm three for three on cooking for ...

As usual our tomato vines have grown into a big, jumbled mess. Two of them are 7 foot tall tangles of branches, leaves, fruit and twine. It...

We planted a handful of pumpkin seeds this week; they're all coming up nicely. Hopefully they'll do better then our wat...

The weather may be outrageously hot, but it's still a wonderful time of year to have a vegetable garden. For us Sunday marked the begi...