How to Pickle Mustard Greens

If you are growing mustard greens, here are some recipe ideas for using them fresh and pickled.

Have a lovely rest of the weekend!

Harvesting Water Through Rain Barrels

It's a rainy week in Los Angeles and all four huge rain barrels around the house are filled up.  It should be enough to water our edible garden for two to three months.

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Sugar Snap Peas and Watermelon Radish

It was a rainy day in Los Angeles yesterday. As soon as the rain stopped, I went to the garden to pick some vegetables - sugar snap peas, watermelon radish, romaine lettuce and strawberry. 

Edible Garden in January

We are so blessed we can garden year-round in this part of the country. Here’s a peek at what we are growing in our edible garden in mid-January.

Edible Gardening in Los Angeles

We grow more than 100 varieties of edible plants in our backyard.

Garden to Table

Freshly-picked romaine lettuce and flowers from the garden.

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Bok Choy Flowers

These are a bok choy that have bolted.

When soil gets warm, plants tend to bolt... they send flower stalks and focus all their energy in producing seeds. It’s a survival mode to make sure they produce the next generation through their seeds. And once plants start to bolt, they stop producing foliage.

When our plants bolt, we don’t usually uproot them. We leave them a little longer because bees love them.

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Watermelon Radish

My first attempt at growing watermelon radishes. Aren't they so pretty?

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Ube Pancakes

Ube (purple yam) pancakes topped with blueberries and drizzled with melted butter and maple syrup... yum!

Monarch Butterfly

A monarch butterfly visiting the butterfly bush in our backyard.

Happy Summer!

Summer Backyard Dinner

A laid-back mid-Summer backyard dinner under a tree.

On the table: shrimp tostadas, fried plantain, watermelon and mango/strawberry smoothie.

Happy weekend!

Watermelon

Summertime is for eating watermelons :-)

Winner, Winner...

... chicken for dinner on a balmy summer evening. 

Green Hills Country Club

Bees are buzzing around this beautiful lavender at Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae.

Beef Stew with Olives

Beef stew cooked on low fire for two hours with potatoes, olives and smoked paprika.

Scooped up with a baguette and washed down with a glass of red wine.

Cheers!

Sunflower Seeds

Saving some seeds of sunflower and pole beans for next season. Also planting some scallions and taro from kitchen scrap.

French Toast

Mini French toast made from left-over baguette and topped with blueberries and strawberries.

Wagyu Burger

Homemade burger patty. The arsenal: Mishima Reserve American Wagyu, a sprinkle of salt and a generous cracking of black peppercorns.

Puppy Update

Our fast growing puppy is now 7 months old.

Mid-Summer Sunflower

I love sunflowers - they are bright, cheerful and warm as the mid-summer sun.

This one is blooming in our garden.