Persimmon Pumpkin Pie
Marla Koss brings us this delicious twist on a holiday favorite. The recipe has a great depth of flavor from the fruit and is a great way to use up a ripe persimmon or two. Yields enough filling for a single-crust 10-inch pie or a 9-inch pie + 2 oven-safe custard ramekins. Use your own...Continue reading→
Spiced Apple Cider
by Birgitt Evans A delicious beverage for a gathering, and a great start to a festive meal! Ingredients: 1 gallon Apple Juice Peel from 1/2 Orange or 1 Mandarin 10 Whole Cloves 6 Cardamom Pods 2 or 3 3 inch Pieces of Cinnamon Stick Add everything to a heavy bottomed pan and bring just to...Continue reading→
Roasted Delicata Squash and Kale Salad
from Recipes by Love and Lemons Alison Limoges recommends this salad, which was a big success at her Thanksgiving feast. Ingredients: (Serves 2 as a main dish and 4 as a side dish) 1 delicata squash, washed, halved lengthwise, seeded and sliced into 1/2 inch segments 1 small red onion, sliced into wedges 1 (15-ounce)...Continue reading→
Lentil Or Split Pea Soup with Greens
by Marla Koss Serves 4 A warming winter soup from Marla Koss, with both vegan and not vegan options! A cozy and yummy way to fit a lot of vegetables. Note: This is a vegan recipe, but to make it unvegan, you can toss a couple boneless, skinless frozen chicken thighs into the pot when...Continue reading→
Pumpkin and Kale Pie
by Margie Siegal What a great idea – a savory main dish squash and greens pie! This pie keeps in the fridge for a week, so if there are only one or two of you, you can get several meals out of one pie. Many of the ingredients in this recipe can be found in...Continue reading→
Broccoli and Bok Choy in October
by Linda Carloni, ABG Board Member Many experts recommend that broccoli and bok choy (as well as other cruciferous vegetables) be planted in the inner East Bay in February/March or from July through September. But I plant mine from seedlings in October. Planting in October risks slow growth if the autumn is cool. But I...Continue reading→
Non-GMO, Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Organic and Biodynamic Seed
by Margie Siegal So there you are, poking through the seed racks at Ploughshares Nursery or Encinal Nursery, and trying to figure out what variety to buy, or scrolling around all the different seed companies on-line, reading through the descriptions and trying to figure out what variety to buy. Once upon a time, vegetable seeds...Continue reading→
Gardening for Birds with California Native Plants
October 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Zoom You can have a beautiful native plant garden that attracts amazing birds, butterflies and other wildlife. Learn about the benefits of local, native plants and some of the wonderful birds that are drawn to this place and to these plants. We will discuss what...Continue reading→
7 Go To Books About Fruit Trees
by Marla Koss, ABG Board member If the best part about having a fruit tree in your yard is enjoying the fruit itself, then the satisfaction of watching it thrive year after year has got to be a close second. Whether you have just one — or a half-dozen — fruit-bearing trees in your yard...Continue reading→
The Time to Plant Onions is NOW!
by Birgitt Evans, Master Gardener and ABG Board Member Last year I took a class from Master Gardener Guy Duran and finally perfected my onion growing technique. This year I grew big, fat onions, some weighing in at 15 ounces! Onions are biennial, producing bulbs in their first year to store energy for flowering the...Continue reading→