I turned 50 last week and my very generous and thoughtful husband took me on a trip to celebrate. There he is below – we stopped for some lunch in Tacoma after we flew into Seattle. We went to Olympic National Park and stayed at the Crescent Lake Lodge. When we arrived I promptly plopped…

It's been a warm dry fall and so far we haven't had a hard frost. I pulled out all my tomato plants and was left with a bunch of green tomatoes. Keeping them in a box or a bag seems to make them ripen in a few days. I've been making lots of pico de…