Homegrown breakfast: herbs from the garden and eggs from the coop. (Not homegrown: coffee from Octane and butter from YDFM).

For every perfect tomato we pick we find another half eaten. We assumed it was squirrels until stumbl...

Life in Grant Park, Atlanta. Summer 2014.  Our almost century old home is half way between the Braves stadium (leaving) and the Cyclorama...

Four years of garden updates have accumulated into my own personal farmer's almanac. Which is great because it's helpful to know...

Six weeks ago we planted radish seeds in the front garden. And according to the packet I should've picked them three weeks ago - opp...

If I manage to write this post in under an hour then I'll be able to say it's only been a month since I last checked in.  For the fi...

Our tomatoes are finally ripening and they're HUGE!! Check out this (almost) one and half pound Mr. Stripey. Pass me the mayo and salt, ...

If you don't know what Thai chicken satay is - look it up *! Because it is DELICIOUS!! Last night we ate it on skewers hot off the gri...

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...

Grilled chicken thighs with homegrown and grilled eggplant. One slice topped with cilantro, olive oil, chili powder and salt...

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...

Pulled pork tacos (from the slow cooker) topped three ways. From left to right: • Homegrown, heirloom tomatoes and fresh, diced jalapen...

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

This tomato* is exactly why I grow my own tomatoes. It's vine ripened, a luscious red color throughout and there isn't a trace of...

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...

We have winners! The  Phoenix Hybrid and  Beefsteak tomato plants are the first two (of our four different varieties) to produce a tomato ...