This summer’s favorite dish for the concerts in the park…was hands down the hand pies. Nectarine, plum, strawberry or a combination of all three. The best of the lot was the elusive Flavorella plum pie, which I could only produce one time…I must have caught the tail end of the season for that tree. The [...]
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Flavorella Plum Hand Pies
Posted in Edibles-Fruit, Farmers Market, School Garden, The Family Plot on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
All Natural Cleaning Wipes
Posted in Recipe, School Garden, tagged los cerritos carnival, natural cleaning wipes, orange oil, School Garden, tea tree oil on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Los Cerritos Carnival is coming up Saturday May 16th and that means the Garden Booth will be bursting with handmade goodies. The kids are working on clay plant markers, mobiles and garden decor that are going in the kiln Monday. There are jars of Apricot Jam from a family tree, and packs of seeds [...]
Dyeing to Find Out!
Posted in Recipe, School Garden, tagged annatto, grass, mordants, natural fabric dyes, onion skins, plant dyes, red cabbage, science fair on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay-we have been having so much fun with science fair! Last night Kiely cut up the fabric swatches, 6 x 6″ linen squares. We then mixed up three separate mordants. Mordant means “to bite” and is the step that keeps colors fast, and can completely change the pigment. You can simmer the fabric in the [...]
Sorrel from seed this weekend!
Posted in Edible-Herbes, Farmers Market, Recipe, School Garden, The Family Plot, tagged epicurious, michael roberts, secret ingredients, seed starting, sorrel, soup on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An absolute favorite of the kids at the school garden, and known in the under 10 set as Sour Leaf. It’s the first thing they ask for when they are turned loose for their weekly moment of zen in the urban farmyard. Sorrel starts well from seed and I will be working up a tray [...]
Go Native at Rancho Los Cerritos
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edibles-Flowers, Foodie Field Trip, Recipe, School Garden, tagged Catalina cherry, edible, Edibles-Flowers, nasturtiums, Native California plants, rancho los cerritos, Santa Susanna Tarweed on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At first glance it looked like a tiny cosmos. Friend to tiny butterflies. But just clicking through the Theo Payne website (my new fave-this week), I think I am going with Santa Susanna Tarweed. Love the name! It is in the aster family and in fact it is a nectar flower for hummingbirds, butterflies and [...]
