Festooned

AM:
Don't know why but woke up with the word "festooned"on my mind.
Looked it up.
Defined as: a garland of leaves or flowers suspended in a loop; same root word as Feast.
Put it away to ponder...

PM:
Maybe it had something to do with this salad
just picked for Chef Niki's luncheon tomorrow.
Maybe not....

Artisan Winter Salad

Peas in New Room are up!

Green Day

Chef came round for a walk about.She left bearing winter greens: Chard and Asian Mixes for Braising, Italian Parsley,
Purple Mizuna and Purple Mustard...hmmm... Purple is the New Green?

Niki is a gifted culinary artist, a joy to watch and taste her creations.
See what the artists at Montalvo are having for dinner on her blog:
www.mountainsinmyspoon.wordpress.com

Inspired by her chanterelle mushroom foraging I took a walk about myself.
Alas, they eluded me.
But I did share a poetic moment with this flower
...bloom in the dead of winter tween walls of concrete.

Survivor Skills

Mud Pie

ITS NATIONAL PIE DAY!

Ever one to be inspired by food celebration I concocted this bed in homage to pie.

Ingredients:

Mud-in abundance after 5 days of rain

Horse manure- a shit load

Elbow Grease

Turn with Flat Fork 

Garnish with bricks

The rain stopped. We survived the beat down but mudslides happen in mountain gardens.
Little Gems are up! Valentine lettuces up! Wosabi Arugula up!

And I Quote

"Gardening promotes enjoyment of food and drink by stimulating hunger and thirst."

                                                                          

Angelo Pellegrini, "The Food Lover's Garden"

A great read.

Another thing gardeners do on rainy days....

Just Ducky, What Gardeners Do On Rainy Days

At Last

Hunker down all you broccoli and cauliflowers and let it RAIN!!!!

Good day to make soup.

Lions in Winter

Waiting for Rain