Gentle rhythms, garden-fresh ingredients, and nourishing meals when it’s too hot to cook 🌿Cooking in the Cracks of Summer Summer in a Southern kitchen teaches you one thing fast: don’t fight the heat. By mid-July, turning on the oven feels like a declaration of war against the sun. The garden is overflowing, the kids are…
Rooted, Reflective, and Beautifully Practical Ways to Personalize Your Garden 🌿 Opening Reflection: Naming What Matters In the quiet of a summer morning, I find myself returning to the same task: placing a marker in the soil. Just a small flag or painted stone, but it’s become one of the most meaningful acts in my…
Preserving Potential: A Guide for Gardeners Who Plan to Plant Again 🌿 Opening Reflection: Seeds Are Memory Some of my seeds are five years old.They’ve moved with me, across states and seasons. Some in labeled jars, some in old paper envelopes faded from sun. And every time I pick one up, it brings me back….
How to Preserve What Grew Well—and Why It Matters 🌿 Opening Reflection: A Harvest Worth Keeping There’s something sacred about saving seeds—especially tomato seeds. Maybe it’s because tomatoes are a garden favorite we tend with such care. We start them indoors when it’s still cold out. We harden them off, trellis them, prune them, talk…
How to Water Wisely in the Evening—and Tune Into Your Garden’s Natural Rhythms 🌿 Opening Reflection: When the Garden Whispers “Wait” The older I get, the more I find that the garden teaches in whispers, not shouts. And one of the clearest lessons I’ve received during long southern summers is this: You don’t always have…
Earthy, tangy, and grounded in garden abundance 📜 Introduction: Rooted, Present, and Honest There’s something grounding about beets — the way they grow hidden in the soil, the way their color stains your hands, the way their flavor deepens with just a little time in the oven. This salad brings all that earthy beauty together…
