Comments on: Grilled fennel bulbs, parmesan, olive oil, sea salt, lemon juice

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:06:14 +0000

This is a wonderful fennel recipe. Care to submit it to shesimmers.com and my battle fennel for December? Join the fun

For more info: http://www.bouchonfor2.com/beet-n-squash-you/

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:43:47 +0000

Thanks for visiting and all the lovely comments everyone.

We wanted to answer a couple of your questions.
Katie – Shiso we will usually use fresh in salads, spring rolls, or other misc dishes. That is how we predominantly use our Viet herbs and the shiso is great along side them.

Brooklynn – We’ve been hammered with mildew as well. It’s this long lasting June Gloom. It’s killing us. We don’t have sandy soil where we are at. It is a miserable hard pack clay soil. For the veggie and herb sections we continually amend the crap out of it, adding compost once or twice a year. For many things though, we’ve had much better success building raised planters or utilizing pots.

Thanks again for all of the sweet compliments and comments everyone. Happy gardening! -WORC

By: Brooklynn

Brooklynn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Hi there fellow Costa Mesan’s.

This year I am growing 3 different kind of tomatoes (although all of them have been hit by mildew), cucumbers, bell peppers, lettuce and garlic.
My biggest challenge has been the sandy soil. How have you two combat this?

Happy Gardening!

By: The Purple Foodie

The Purple Foodie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:44:08 +0000

So envious that you can pluck fennel from your garden and start cooking! This fennel dish sounds like something I’d love to try. Parmesan makes a whole lot of things so much better!

By: Angry Brit

Angry Brit — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:00:54 +0000

I love fennel. Have become addicted to it. This recipe sounds perfect. Amazing. Thank you for sharing it.

By: Sprouted Kitchen

Sprouted Kitchen — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:22:04 +0000

So glad I found your site! I wish you both all the greatest in this journey of yours. I love fennel, all sorts of preparations, and this looks wonderful! Keep in touch, visit our blog, I feel we have similar intentions !

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:16:53 +0000

What do you do with the shiso? I am so intrigued!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:12:55 +0000

Ahhh…I started seedling heirloom tomatoes ( you can see the process on my blog). They were doing splendid until we transplanted into the yard. Funny thing – my hubby made me a bed…the ones in there are NOT doing well. The ones we stuck here and about in various other flowerbeds are doing GREAT! I wasn’t home when he did the soil and am suspicious the ratio he used of manure is too high…we are going to add more soil and try to rake it in this weekend…do you have a good soil ratio of ideas for tomatoes?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Don’t mind me just here to drool over garden porn pics. Have to say your soil looks amazing!! Loving the little tomatoes too. Hopefully in another month I will have something other than a stem to show from my tomato plants.

By: Jen Yu

Jen Yu — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:45:13 +0000

Oh, you know I swoon whenever I see garden porn!! Especially when it’s coming from YOUR garden. I would need to supersmart experts such as yourselves to help me figure out what to grow and how to grow it up here! Then again, I do have a nice tent. I could just set it up in the middle of the lawn there at your place… I’ll walk, feed, wash, and play with the dogs (and guard the strawberries) in exchange for fresh garden loveliness?? Just unzip the tent and reach outside for a nibble when I get hungry at night… xxoo