Article List
DateSubjectAuthor
12/21/2014 Unwelcomed Winter Visitor at The Farm
Unwelcomed Winter Visitor at The Farm by Tom Motley The red colt, Charlie, and Eli, the little miniature... 		Tom Motley
07/08/2014 Hummingbirds and Haricot vert
Hummingbirds and Haricot vert by Tom Motley A few days ago, I was hand-watering the wide variety of adolescent peppers in the garden,... 		Tom Motley
05/20/2014 Picking Potatoes by Tom Motley
Picking Potatoes by Tom Motley Much of the pleasure of gardening is in the anticipation of things to come. This morning I strew straw (really) around the... 		Tom Motley
12/31/2013 Welsh Rabbit Toast to Queen Buddug
Welsh Rabbit Toast to Queen Buddug by Tom Motley As we hadn’t expected to be able to get together for a couple of days, my son Ben pleasantly surprised... 		Tom Motley
11/17/2013 The Problem with Basil
The Problem with Basil by Tom Motley The night before last, the thermometer in our gardens fell to 25 degrees, in the very wee... 		Tom Motley
07/25/2013 Hard to Find Garden Items
by Tom Motley It takes a lot of time and patience to find certain garden items. It’s actually the case that some garden things literally hide from you. But,... 		Tom Motley
06/15/2013 Fried Chicken: To Be (battered) or Not To Be (battered)
Fried Chicken: To Be (battered) or Not to Be (battered)? By Tom Motley Shakespeare may not have eaten any real fried chicken. He ate fried fish and chips,... 		Tom Motley
04/23/2013 A Tale of Tiny Tomato Plants
A Tale of Tiny Tomato Plants by Tom Motley by Tom Motley My friend in Desert, Texas, Bill Brummett, raises dwarf Nigerian goats. The tiny white kids are... 		Tom Motley
03/01/2013 Mild Winter Weather by Tom Motley
Mild Winter Weather by Tom Motley The wind blew so hard the other night in Collin County that, while we slept, my hard-to find rain-proof cover for the... 		Tom Motley
12/24/2012 Granny's Fried Apricot Pies
Granny’s Fried Apricot Pies by Tom Motley My Granny Wilson made the best fried pies in the world. A gardener, Granny always prepared her dishes with fresh... 		Tom Motley
11/24/2012 Winter Meals From the Garden
Winter Meals From the Garden by Tom Motley I’m looking out the study window at an explosion of red leaves on the old pear tree out front. It’s a... 		Tom Motley
10/25/2012 Book-signing for Edible Dallas & Ft Worth: the Cookbook
Edible Dallas & Fort Worth: The Cookbook, edited by Terri Taylor Book-signing Event , Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7:00 PM Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Park... 		Tom Motley
08/29/2012 Autumn Leaves (in North Texas)
by Tom Motley Normally at this time of year (late August-early September), I’m writing about the falling leaves of North Texas. Except the leaves that I... 		Tom Motley
07/30/2012 Watermelon Woes and Wonders
Watermelon Woes and Wonders by Tom Motley Seasonally, I review my old farm planting records and Motley Farm... 		Tom Motley
05/14/2012 Fireflies in the Gardens
Fireflies in the Gardens by Tom Motley Our May gardens’ enthusiastic production of lettuces,... 		Tom Motley
03/10/2012 Wilted Salad and Weeds
It’s about time you decided what you want to eat from the garden in 2012 and get it in terroir, tout de suite! Don’t procrastinate too long as some of your... 		Tom Motley
02/04/2012 Soil Revival For Survival
March 3, 2012 Soil Revival For Survival Learn how to Be Water Wise to Endure the Drought This is a gathering of like-minded amateur and professional... 		Tom Motley
01/03/2012 Winter Harvest, Spring Planting and Glorious Food
Today, a cold January morning’s harvest of the garden garnished big buckets of Greyhound spinach (long, pointy leaves), French Rocket arugula, a variety of... 		becgate150
12/09/2011 In Praise of Kitchen Gadgets
Early on in my teaching career, I was shocked by a colleague who dismissed Walter Prescott Webb’s theories as simply too “agrarian.” It is true that Webb often... 		Tom Motley