After spending most of the week indoors, I’m looking forward to spending time outside this weekend. We didn’t have time for long walks last weekend and I’m craving a trek.
Have a good weekend. Stay well.
I have been trying to make food last longer and to avoid frequent trips to the markets. That’s led to thinking about how people stored food when refrigeration was not an option. About how people who grew their own food had to store enough to get through many cold months. They used cold cellars and they dried, canned and cured foods. In contrast, the bounty that we have available today is remarkable. Avocados in January, if we want them!
Are you seeing gardens everywhere? On our walks, we see gardens in so many front yards. Lots of people have started growing vegetables.
- The Pandemic Has Turned Us All into Gardeners — What I was just talking about. (Outside)
- 10 Things to Do in the Garden in June — Tips for garden tasks to tackle now. (Gardenista)
- If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. She documents a year of her family’s focus on gardening and eating locally produced foods. It is such a beautifully-written story. (Porter Square Books)
- New York is quiet. Listen to the birds. — I want to see (and hear) a Scarlet Tanager. (New York Times)
- How I Found Nature (or Rather, How Nature Found Me) — The wonder of walking. (A Cup of Jo)
- Salmon with Dill Pistachio Pistou — It’s a perfect dinner for warm weather! (Sea Salt and Sailor Stripes)
- Goodness: 10-year-old Chelsea has sent over 1,500 art kits to kids in foster care and homeless shelters during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNN)
About the photo: A corner of my vegetable garden, with green beans, eggplant, cucumbers and lettuces planted for the season.