A few years back, I prepared a full Day of the Dead offering, including cempasúchil, and in another year, I only made a small offering with basic elements. This year, I did not grow cempasúchil in my garden, but this week my Mexican tarragon plants were at their blooming peak, so I decided to use them in this year's offering ... click on title for more| My Slice of Mexico
I harvested a bowl full of crabapples from my garden. Because the fruit was so small, it would have been hard to peel or core, and since I use no pesticides in my garden, a lot of it had mould or insect damage. The best solution in the kitchen was to discard damaged fruit, then clean and cook the rest into a jelly ... click on title for more| My Slice of Mexico
Crabapples were originally wild in their native North American and Euro Asian regions, but nowadays they are cultivated all around the world as ornamentals and for their edible fruit … click …| My Slice of Mexico
In my garden today, September 29, the plants of Mexican tarragon (known as Yautli in Nahuatl language) have started to bloom. September 29 is also marked on Christian calendars as Michaelmas or the…| My Slice of Mexico
Dragon Tongue Beans are a beautiful heirloom variety of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), originally from Mexico, and now cultivated in many other countries … click on title for more| My Slice of Mexico
I managed a small mixed harvest of cultivated crops and volunteers, enough for my lunch … click on title for more| My Slice of Mexico
