Here is the latest update on our organic deck garden here in central Massachusetts. You may remember that this all got a very late start but we do what we can! For those of you not familiar with earlier posts about this garden, here is a list of them: Local foods – Organic deck garden...

(Summertime Tomato Tart © Nika All rights reserved.) These succulent tarts were a success with the whole family. They have delicate little cherry tomatoes, basil, gorgonzola cheese and some mild chevre. They melt in your mouth, give them a try! The following in my own recipe and how-to photos. Ingredients: The Fillo Factory Fillo Dough...

I generally do not take pictures in restaurants for a couple of reasons: I don’t go out to eat that much, I live in a desolate culinary wasteland and when we do go out to eat it is not something to take pictures of (as in, Subways, Cracker Barrel, Mc Donalds, too depressing to go...

We are still waterlogged here in MA. I have not watered any plant in weeks it seems and the planters are on the edge of liquefaction. Any more and the mold will be our major crop. As you all know from my last garden post, we got a hail storm that beat up our plants....

I just thought I would share something I found in my evening cruising. Canned Scottish Haggis w/ Highland Beef (from Caledonian Kitchen. They have quite a lot of other interesting things for sale as well). Regarding the canned haggis the site states: “We are delighted to offer you the latest version of our haggis! We...

So yesterday I finally figured out what was eating at my tomato leaves – tortoise beetles. There are no IPM (Integrated Pest Management) methods for dealing with this bug that usually attacks sweet potatoes but the stuff I found online said to not worry too much. I planned on picking them off and killing them...

First I want to thank everyone who submitted their delicious and delightful pictures to this edition of DMBLGT. We had 41 submissions! I am so glad to have emails from each of you. It was great to meet so many nice people. I would also like to thank, profusely, our three judges for this month’s...

(Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger) I just wanted to let you know that we now have all the judge’s scores and I am crunching away with the help of post-slide rule technologies. I hope to have the results posted...

DMBLGIT is now officially closed to new submissions. Thank you everyone for your beautiful submissions! We are now scurrying around like little woodmice judging and scoring and collating. Check back here in a few days for the...

Flash Slideshow Here is a Flickr slideshow of the latest DMBLGIT entries. You can click on a specific inmage that you are interested in to get more details. Enjoy! Related Posts Does My Blog Look Good In This 2006 #5 Flickr Slideshow Does my blog look good in this? #5 May edition (DMBLGiT)[Da Rulz] DMBLGIT...