This is odd #fungi for #fungifriday. Red, flattish, and bumpy on the outside with bright, mustard yellow wet fleshy stuff on the inside. . .

Finished up prepping the back flat garden beds and cleared out the snap peas from the back winter bed. I think I am going to get a handheld torch to burn holes in the landscape fabric. Still undecided.

Prepped for transplanting the seedlings in a week or less...

#Paris, #France was pretty amazing. I hope to share some photos here along with a few reflections of my adventure. One thing that I found interesting was my preconceived notion that the #Eiffel Tower was

So, my birdhouse gourds have acquired some beautifully patterned mold. I scrubbed some off and I understand that mold is normal when drying gourds. However, I am not certain that this mold is okay or dangerous

Happy Sunday my Foodie Friends! We’re making tasty treats in the Bird kitchen today. Believe it or not we haven’t had any chocolate in the nest for several weeks! I know, hard to believe but true. I just

My sweet Dormina. I got her and her sister from a friend. She was essentially a farm rescue. Banana used to bully the kitties. Now, Dormina dominates. She is my constant companion.

This monster grew in the yard of a home I was renting in Folsom, California. It was about five inches tall. I have never seen anything like it. I had to dissect it, to see what it looked like inside. It

My very first successful cauliflower! I was so hungry at dinner that I forgot to take a pic of my garlic roasted cauliflower. I have only one other head of cauliflower that is growing...I hope it survives.

Nothing better than coming home to a coffee cake persimmon tree waiting for you on your front porch! I'm so excited!! Now to plant it and wait and wait and wait.

I do. I really do.

Ladybugs!

So grateful to have purchased a home with established #fruit #trees. These blood #oranges are the bomb. The bomb dot com. Yup

Found this curious-looking fungi in my back yard area. I think it is Peziza Badia, but I could be wrong. These are pretty big. Definite cup-like structure. Feels like a dehydrated apricot. Looks like a

Ingredients for chili powder I had run out of chili powder. We don’t use it a lot and don’t like really spicy foods. But we have several recipes that call for small amounts. My helper friend, who was here

Hello,my friends! Today we will cook a wholesome and unusual healthy breakfast. The basis of the recipe is chia seeds. “Chia” translates as “buttery.” Chia seeds contain unsaturated fatty acids Omega-3,

For #treetuesday, this is one of three fig trees in my yard. This one is a brown turkey fig...it is a delicious fruit that I have made into preserves, fruit leather, and eaten fresh off of the tree.

We need to be self sufficient. Here is a picture of some wonky carrots I pulled up and am steaming for dinner. They are oddly shaped but packed with vitamins and minerals, they are organic and nongmo.

My very first yoga teacher 7 years ago spoke these words. At the time I wondered how this simple position was so important health wise. I felt a little overwhelmed at the challenge, legs in the air pose

Harvest from the front raised beds: young sweet potatoes and peas. Delish, organic, nongmo.