Strawberry-Rhubarb Gin & Tonic

After close to a month of traveling here and there, I’m playing catch up with spring. All of a sudden, I got a serious craving for rhubarb. As usual, our [...]

Thyme Lime Tipple

I forget about thyme. The herb. (I lose track of the other time as well these days. As much as I think I want to simplify my life, I keep [...]

The Masterpiece of My Booze Career (So Far)

Since I am crazy about Amaros, I made my own. I can’t believe how good it tastes for my first time out the gate! I looked at a few recipes, [...]

Tough & True Herbal Friends

A really good day for me is one where I only leave the house to visit the garden, and then spend hours creating new cocktails, herbal syrups and zippy infusions [...]

Gardening, Canning & Drinking

This week absolutely blew by. Our garden, and all of its’ bounty is keeping me hopping. I don’t want any food from it to go to waste. If I’m not [...]

Playing Hooky

On sunny days, all I want to do is work outside in the garden. Today I played hooky out in the garden. I watched the honey bees do all the [...]

Lemon Balm Bonanza

I have a bumper crop of lemon balm. A bounty, a bonanza, a bush-sized plant. I’m figuring out ways to use it in my cocktail creations. I made ice cubes [...]

Tempting Tea Cocktail

Tempting Tea Cocktail -

Here’s a twist to try the next time you make some iced tea. Add a few sprigs of your favorite fresh, organic herbs, maybe a couple of [...]

Beautiful Borage

Beautiful Borage -

Last summer, I added a borage plant to our edibles garden. I wanted to learn more about edible flowers, and borage has captivating blue blossoms. It reseeded itself [...]

Chive Martini

Chive Martini

If you like your martinis on the savory side, you have got to try this variation. Substitute those boring little onions with chive blossoms. You’ll get a wallop of [...]

The Ultimate Garden Cocktail

We gave our veggie and herb garden the ultimate cocktail this recent long weekend – a drip irrigation system. I love creating craft cocktails using as many organic garden ingredients, [...]

Garden Edibles for Eating & Drinking

Garden Edibles

Our organic garden of veggies, herbs and edible flowers is having its’ one year birthday.  It’s very exciting to see our plants return for a new season, and find [...]