with balsamic vinegar, red wine, and fresh garden basil - a great way to use up the last of the tomatoes before tearing out the final plants...

erm. seems I accidentally deleted my "before," since it took so long to complete this project! Let me paint you a picture: denim-b...

lovely, isn't it? And on sale - down to $80 from $160. still too rich for my blood, though. So I bought some brass rod from the hardware...

for a while this summer, the door which leads off to the deck from our bedroom was flanked by bunches of lavender. Our own lavender plants a...

crabapples, that is. The dark jars on the left have molasses in the mix, I think they're better that way. These will be great cut into s...

the equinox technically occurs at 2am tomorrow morning, so I suppose this is squeezing in at the 11th hour of the season that is on the way ...

what to do with a small handful (okay, maybe two hands full) of green zebra tomatoes and a few leftover homegrown onions? Spicy Tomato Pickl...