Kitchen Gardening, Northern Arizona-Style

1 February 2009 by Jean Johnson

This blog hasn’t been too interactive so far. Instead people tend to email me directly. That’s nice. Whatever works.

Here’s one I just got from Bob, friend in Northern Arizona, who has grown a four-season organic garden for years with his wife, Beth:

“I put some throw-away skylights over the spinach in the garden. So we have had fresh spinach to go with our sprouts all winter.” Bob’s a carpenter and roofer–not to mention a climber and caver. He and Beth have salvaged and recycled since the Sixties. As a result, they’ve had enough funds while raising two boys and building a home to hike, ski, and raft the best of the West. That’s the Bohemian live for you.

He even included a photo. Pretty hip cold frame, Bob. Thanks.

wintersalad

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  1. 4 Responses to “Kitchen Gardening, Northern Arizona-Style”

  2. I just love your comments and the little bits of history and experience that you put into your food lessons! Good job! Keep it up!

    By Jeanne Eder on Feb 19, 2009

  3. Thanks, Jeanne. You’re so nice to write a line. For those who don’t know Jeanne, she’s a historian on faculty in Alaska. She also loves to get into the kitchen and muck about–and never tires of telling about the time I showed her how to mince parsley until it turned into an ultra fine dross. (Which was, of course, simply the way Rula Awwad-Rafferty, who knows her parsley, taught me.) Love you ladies, dear to my heart as you both are. Jean

    By Jean Johnson on Feb 26, 2009

  4. Jean, awesome photo of winter salad!

    Good to have you back… missed your posts…

    By Tina on Jan 25, 2011

  5. hey Tina–cheers

    By Jean Johnson on Jan 26, 2011

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