I’m on the road again and one of my last stops was at Renee Shepherd’s home and gardens, where my friend Carolyn Dille and I enjoyed a lovely lunch and a tour of Renee’s impressive gardens.
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On a recent visit to Santa Cruz , my friend and co - author Carolyn Dille and I drove to Felton to have lunch with Renee Shepherd . As described on her Web site , Renee is widely view as a initiate innovator in introducing international vegetables , flower and herbs to home gardeners and gourmet restaurants . In 1997 , Renee decided to get beyond the narrow reach of ring mail order . ( She founded Shepherd ’s Garden Seeds in 1985 , later sell the company ) and established Renee ’s Garden to do what she likes well – look out the very best seeds from around the world , testing them in her own gardens , cooking ( and developing formula around their singular characteristics ) , and sharing them with other gardener .
The vane sitehttps://www.reneesgarden.com/is a regular script on horticulture information . Renee regularly compose the trial garden blog , gardening articles and creates recipes for their monthly newssheet . She write all the copy on her seed packet , choose seed varieties from producers with child and pocket-size worldwide , bring off marketing bodily function , and directs ( and delight ) the company ’s large test garden at her home plate where every personal selection is grow out and valuate .
The majuscule affair about this easily - navigated vane site is that every seed sold , has a beautiful watercolour illustration , flora description , and germination and rise information . There are also chart , growing point and cooking suggestion . Renee and her staff grow all of the herb , vegetable and edible flower under different conditions , harvest and manipulate with them . bloom are grow and selected for their colors , appearance and fragrance .
Check out Renee ’s Web situation , her web log , the annual photo contest , “ Safe Seed Pledge ” and Renee ’s School and Nonprofit Program . Best of all , try her rainbow of manus - selected and garden - raise quality come . Renee share that her business , from ejaculate and garden to her Web situation and newssheet , is her pragmatic elbow room to spread out the joyfulness of gardening as a meaningful , productive and satisfying activity that connect us to each other and the solid ground .
While in California the artichokes and asparagus were in season and we ate them whenever we could . One of my best-loved sauce for both of these saltation crops isSimple Mayonnaise and Horseradish Sauce . It is also delicious on new white potato , steamed beet and carrots . Since Horseradish is Herb of the Year for 2011 , celebrate the season andArmoracia rusticanaby trying this tasty formula . For more information on Horseradish , arrest outwww.iherb.orgorwww.herbcompanion.com . flop now I am in Mountain View , Arkansas and will be participate in a Medicinal Herb Seminar at the Ozark Folk Center this Saturday . Tina Marie Wilcox and I will be stage a program on cultivating , preserving , harvesting and manipulate with horseradishwww.ozarkfolkcenter.com .
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Renee’s Garden new ‘Sweetie Baby Romaine’ lettuce planted with fennel and thyme. Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Susan Belsinger
