Poppin

These tender mixed baby greens just couldn't wait for winter to pop... probably the easiest greens I've ever grown.

-B. Pearl

Super Greeen

Want to blow your own mind? Drink a green smoothie. Don't be scared, it's just fruit + dark leafy greens. It's actually quite tasty when you get a feel for proportions and your own taste buds. There's no right or wrong way to blend one up. There is, however, a fine line between a deliciously frothy beverage and a swamp in a cup. I say go for it. Either way, you're in for a treat.

Suggested reading: Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko. This is the book modern medicine would rather you never find out about. Healing thy self is amazingly simple!

In this smoothie:

1/2 mango

1 small peach

1 banana

2 purple figs

Slice of cantaloupe

Slice of watermelon

Slice of lemon

Handful of kale

Three leaves of aloe vera (clear gel inside, sliced out)

Few sprigs of lemon mint

Few sprigs of basil

A piece of fennel

Two sprigs worth of rosemary leaves

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Dash of cinnamon

Try this in place of your morning coffee. Your body will thank you for it.

-B. Pearl

Winners

Just some of the many immaculate visions popping out at me lately...

Herby bath:)

Lemongrass = current fav

-B. Pearl

Problem...

No outdoor growing space?

Solution:
Have a window with some light?

 I love using chalkboard paint on just about anything. It looks cool and it great for easy and changeable labeling.

-Marchelle Renee

Lechuga

Favorite thing growing right now

Bright and delicious flavor.

Poached egg on top, yolk as the dressing. Lovely.

-Marchelle Renee

Long Love Eggplant

My approach to preparing this beauty was rather informal, no recipe required (like most of what I prepare). Here is what I used, enough for two people to enjoy comfortably:

One Japanese long eggplant (of course)

One Roma tomato

One fourth of a yellow onion

Two cloves of garlic

One Shishito Japanese sweet pepper (also from the garden)

A couple big pinches of salt

A few grinds of white pepper

A hearty dash of curry powder

A lil water to give the dish some juiciness

A cup and a half of brown rice, already cooked

A bundle of fresh basil leaves, chopped for a fresh garnish 

'Shishito' Japanese sweet pepper plant

Shishito pepper fully ripened

-B. Pearl

Sunrise and the Rise of New Life

Yesterday, I awoke early enough to witness the break of dawn.

I spent the morning doing deliciously tiny things, like this...

Thrift store pot: $1. Plants: priceless

I fell upon a marvelous website totally worth sharing (http://www.urbangardensweb.com/). Full of awesome ideas from cinder block gardening to sustainable fashion design (featuring a wedding dress fashioned out of recycled paper embedded with wildflower seeds, crafted by Tessa Zeng).

Emerging bedroom garden

I brought the outdoors in. Wow, what a difference.

Being indoors inspired me out again at dusk... 

Huichol tobacco seedling

Psychedelic nosher 

-B. Pearl