by Kelli Donley | Jun 16, 2014 | Arizona, Community, Domestic Art, Flora and Fauna
Someone remind me next year to stagger the tomato plants a bit. I’ve had a dozen plants come in at once. Salsa, tomato sauce, pizza sauce and even a simple plate drizzled with olive oil and sea salt: So, so good. So, Phoenix area readers — how many of you...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 9, 2014 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Hacienda
We are eating a lot of: walnut pesto with basil from the garden*, roasted tomatoes with garlic, olive oil and lavender sea salt, rotisserie chickens — which are later transformed into the liquid gold of homemade stock. Sadly, this is the last week for the...
by Kelli Donley | May 29, 2014 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Hacienda
More garden porn. The tomatoes are coming in by the handful these days. I am watering twice a day, now that it is consistently hotter than 100. I keep bringing in baggies of tomatoes and basil to coworkers; I swear this is the perfume of summer, warm tomatoes and...
by Kelli Donley | May 27, 2014 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
Those little yellow tomatoes? The best thing I’ve ever grown. Paired with tart blackberries — divine. ~K
by Kelli Donley | May 19, 2014 | Arizona, Earth Mama, Flora and Fauna, Heirloom Hacienda
It has been several years since I gardened this earth, and while I thought things were going smoothly in the bountiful tomato plot, sadly — they are not. I have blossom-end rot, causing all of the larger tomatoes to get mushy bottoms on the vine. Come to find...
by Kelli Donley | May 13, 2014 | Arizona, Domestic Art, Heirloom Hacienda
That cute little elephant showed up last week, a gift from Ellen. The note of encouragement read, “There are other cactus in the desert.” (I have awesome friends.) A couple months ago I had the chance to meet Regina in person, while visiting Tucson for...
