Category Archives: Everyday life

What’s new at the Frankel household

Judy consults!

Posted on 18. June 2010 by admin

Hi lovers of homegrown foods! I’ve been away from the blog, but not the garden. I have too many potential customers, and always more people asking to belong to my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) though I don’t have enough produce … Continue reading →

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Gloria the Glorious!

Posted on 22. November 2009 by admin

Meet Gloria, future Master Gardener and present helper extraordinaire! Gloria’s been helping me on Saturday mornings for the past month, and she’s amazing. She has the special “touch” the plants like, and everything she’s planted is growing well. My farmette … Continue reading →

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Eggplant Parmesan

Posted on 11. October 2009 by admin

There’s only two things I’m still harvesting in quantity at the “farm”: tomatoes and eggplant. I’d never made Eggplant Parm before, but you’d never know it: the recipe I found off the internet was excellent, and OMG, the results were … Continue reading →

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Why I still have tomatoes

Posted on 12. September 2009 by admin

I’ve talked to quite a few people about tomatoes: how their plants are spent already, and what should be the height of the season hasn’t panned out. I’m certain that all the seasons have shifted later, so that summer didn’t … Continue reading →

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April in August

Posted on 23. August 2009 by admin

Meet my new garden diva, April. She helps on Saturday mornings while her son Connor keeps my daughter occupied. Mother of two boys, producer and writer of cable programming, she seems like the kind of no-nonsense person who can do … Continue reading →

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Weird weather

Posted on 19. August 2009 by admin

It’s August and we’re still having 66 degree weather in the morning? Does that make sense? I’m still planting new seeds for hot weather crops, because I have a strong feeling that we’re headed for hot weather all the way … Continue reading →

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We’ve gone solar!

Posted on 18. July 2009 by admin

It took the past week to install, but we’re up and running already! A dream come true. We’re running A/C today, and yet our meter is running backwards. How about that sunshine?

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Garden of dreams

Posted on 8. July 2009 by admin

“Build it and they will come,” Phil Alden Robinson wrote in his movie “Field of Dreams”. That’s what I feel has happened in my garden, especially when Matt popped up from behind my fence and said “Wow, cool,” in his … Continue reading →

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The Winning Pie!

Posted on 4. July 2009 by admin

I entered the Palos Verdes Estates Fourth of July Apple Pie Contest and –believe it or not– I won first place! Out of a field of 20 pies, my crumble crust topped stunner was the winner. I humbly submit the … Continue reading →

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Mid Pride Peaches

Posted on 20. June 2009 by admin

I harvested some huge peaches today (see photo) and I don’t know whether to share them or sell them, or just make a pie! We just returned from a visit to San Francisco to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary.  It … Continue reading →

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