Vegetable risotto, a quick one-pan dinner, is a dish I reach for after a long work day. If you grow your own veggies, it makes it super easy to have the freshest dinner possible. And it only takes 20 minutes! Organic Vegetable Risotto Ingredients 2 TBL organic safflower or olive oil 1 small to medium […]
Meeting a fellow blogger is a bit unreal, and, it’s also very natural. Amy at Confessions of a Natural Momma and I have been following one another’s blogs for over a year. Even though I am decades older, we found common ground in our beliefs and ideals, and I frankly think she is quite remarkable. She […]
Fabulous Funky Fungi, of the California Kind have been popping up in the Late Bloomer garden! Water a little too much, and some mind-bending creation appears overnight. Pink-spored Pluteus atromarginatus. When I look at this photo.I think of Captain Jack Sparrow (from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” for those of you who have been on a deserted […]
Kiwi, Strawberry and Pineapple Guava Blossom Salad was lunch today. Grilling, stir-fry, salads and soups are about all I manage to make these days, with an occasional batch of homemade biscuits or cornbread. Today, I thought, what do I have that I can make to go with my dwindling pineapple guava blossoms? This is what […]
If bees are imperiled, so are humans. There exists an exhaustive amount of press and scientific articles about the bee crisis, but, in case this is the first time you are getting this information, I want to enlighten you. And scare you. This little, hard-working bee’s – and millions of others like it – days […]
Late Bloomer – Harvesting Winter Garden Vegetables is online! In this fun episode, I harvest snow peas and Swiss Chard (and show a neighbor how to cook it!), Mei Qing Bok Choi (and give it away to neighbors), and an armload of celery for juicing. As if I haven’t said enough about aphids already 🙂 , I commissioned […]
“Late Bloomer at Tomatomania” celebrates the one-year anniversary of “Late Bloomer,” today, Earth Day 2013! The 25th episode begins our second year, and I want to thank each and every one of you who has watched an episode, subscribed, followed, liked, commented, thumbs upped, and most especially, shared “Late Bloomer” with your friends! Last Earth […]
I thought I’d have some fun in the garden on St. Patrick’s Day! We had a June-gloomy kind of day, so I put on bright green, harvested some green cauliflower, made green kale dip (see recipe below), and tore out a rotted green fence. Join in the fun and share with friends! If you enjoy or […]
After much ado, the new “Late Bloomer” website premieres! With the expertise of WordPress Training & Online Marketing Consultant Lucy Beer and the graphics artistry of “Late Bloomer’s” motion graphics artist Mika Tanisaki, “Late Bloomer” unveils whole new look! While they were busy at work making the site look good, and function, I was busy writing my […]
Winter Garden Fun and Maintenance – Episode 23. Kaye weeds nasturtium, harvests carrots and radishes and plants more radish seeds in her front yard vegetable garden, with neighbor Sophia’s help. Kaye plants berry vines in the tubs where the carrots were. Kaye offers a method for fighting against cutworm! Check out this simple tip, sink […]
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