Unpretentiously good food for gardeners

An unexpected turn of events: my sister-in-law who's visiting, loves to garden, and plant nurseries are among her favorite destinations. She also has a clear eye as to what work needs to be done. Let it be just the year in which I hardly dirtied my hands in the green patch that I have at my disposal.  So we bought plants in the pouring rain, and in a slight drizzle she set to work, planting flowers, and moving bricks and stones to refashion my haphazard herb patch. Luckily I have photos before, so she can show off the after. 


As she is unable to garden this weekend, I took a lead, and bought many plants that she can play with next week. I planted some myself today; I guess my own inner gardener was released. 


Perfect food for gardeners is green chard stewed in olive oil and garlic, and cooked millet combined with slivers of heirloom tomato (Bull's eye, Coeur de boeuf) and jalapeno-flavored bits of chorizo.