Love this chat with Stephanie! So many harmonies in our stories - i was also a gal who Read-in-the-corner! And made kitchen cosmetics beginning in my teens. I got a couple of books by a Brit on making wine from fruit and veg in my 20s, whilst my (former) hubby was making beer (we even gleaned some hops from edges of the hop yards post harvest!) ... he is a botanist, (as was his mum who loved to 103) and taught me plant id and wild harvesting, and we gardened chemical free in raised beds .... I'm in Western Oregon, with a similar climate, and was tickled to find perennial kale seed (homesteaders kaleidoscope kale from Experimental Farm Network), chard and herbs also overwinter well here and we have a wonderful year round Farmers market where i source lamb, local walnuts and hazelnuts, and things I'm not growing or don't have enough of! I'm involved in an edible landscaping project, with 30 beds 4' across along a street in our old granery district, examples of what you can grow in small spaces - and are open for folks to harvest as they walk by! I tend a tea garden, with herbs and a tea camellia - and even the lemon Verbena came through our cold winter!
Love this chat with Stephanie!
So many harmonies in our stories - i was also a gal who Read-in-the-corner! And made kitchen cosmetics beginning in my teens.
I got a couple of books by a Brit on making wine from fruit and veg in my 20s, whilst my (former) hubby was making beer (we even gleaned some hops from edges of the hop yards post harvest!) ...
he is a botanist, (as was his mum who loved to 103) and taught me plant id and wild harvesting, and we gardened chemical free in raised beds ....
I'm in Western Oregon, with a similar climate, and was tickled to find perennial kale seed (homesteaders kaleidoscope kale from Experimental Farm Network), chard and herbs also overwinter well here and we have a wonderful year round Farmers market where i source lamb, local walnuts and hazelnuts, and things I'm not growing or don't have enough of!
I'm involved in an edible landscaping project, with 30 beds 4' across along a street in our old granery district, examples of what you can grow in small spaces - and are open for folks to harvest as they walk by!
I tend a tea garden, with herbs and a tea camellia - and even the lemon Verbena came through our cold winter!
Steph is such an inspiration to me . I have so much admiration for her. Thank you Morag for a brilliant interview.
Thanks - yes she is so inspiring!
A lovely conversation, thank you both. The Creative Kitchen is one of my favourite books on my shelf. 💜
Thanks Lyn. Me too!