Moby turns 10 amid tequila party fanfare
August 10, 2015 Only one plant in my garden has earned a name. You know who I’m talking about, right? Moby, my beloved Whale’s Tongue agave (A. ovatifolia), just turned 10 years old. That is to say, I’ve had him for 10 years — 7 years in my current garden, ...
Giveaway: The Drunken Botanist and seeds to grow your own cocktails
April 01, 2013Cocktail time!“Every great drink starts with a plant,” writes Amy Stewart in her new book The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks. “If you’re a gardener, I hope this book inspires a cocktail party.” Stewart, a former Austinite, often writes about the intersection of ...
Read This: The Complete Kitchen Garden
February 25, 2011 After writing my Garden Designers Roundtable post about vegetable garden design, I picked up a book recently sent to me for review: The Complete Kitchen Garden: An Inspired Collection of Garden Designs & 100 Seasonal Recipes by Ellen Ecker Ogden, a Vermont gardener, author, and cofounder of ...
Tex-Mex Deviled Eggs: A devilishly good treat
May 27, 2008 ‘Best of Friends’ daylily A summertime BBQ with extended family is the perfect excuse for whipping up a batch of spicy, Texas-style deviled eggs. I made them yesterday for our Memorial Day family dinner, where they were promptly devoured, so I thought I’d share them with you ...
Bean dip at the Spring Fling
April 17, 2008 ‘Belinda’s Dream’ rose I promised Dee of Red Dirt Ramblings that I’d provide the recipe for the bean dip I served at the Spring Fling happy hour, but I’ve kept forgetting to do it. Sorry, Dee! Here it is. It’s very easy to make, I always get ...
Portraits from Spring Fling
April 07, 2008 Normally we garden bloggers “sell” our posts with photos of flowers. Post-Spring Fling, I think it will be people pics that arrest the skimming reader. The Garden Bloggers Spring Fling, held last Saturday right here in Austin, yielded new and renewed friendships, good conversation, good eats, and ...