Month: May 2026
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Six on Saturday | 30th May 2026
First asparagus, dahlias going in, and a rowan sapling that delivered itself by airmail.
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Lapskoussi Vindication
The last time I tried to make lapskoussi, the carrots won. The town I live in claims the dish, so redemption was non-negotiable.
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In a Vase on Monday | 25th May 2026
I went outside with a simple plan: anemone, maybe some bergenia. I came back with five different flowers, wind damage cuttings, and a sugar bowl doing its best vase impression.
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Six on Saturday | 23rd May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace. The family pear tree is finally flowering, forget-me-nots are spreading, and I went to a plant fair for peaches and pelargoniums and left with… neither.
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In a Vase on Monday | 18th May 2026
First official cut flowers from the garden this year. A dozen mixed narcissi from the flower field and a few branches of feral pear blossoms.
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Six on Saturday | 16th May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace this week. A feral pear putting on a show, a photo shoot, and houseplants finally escaping to their summer homes.
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Freezer Scrap Redemption
Everything failed eventually becomes bread pudding. The Hawaiian bread disasters, the Stealth Bread ends, the four-year-old carrot oat buns — they all lead here.
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Kermaviili | Cultured Sour Cream
Kermaviili is a cultured cream product sitting quietly at the center of Finnish home cooking without getting nearly enough credit for it. Nobody has ever been nervous about kermaviili. It’s the approachable member of the viili family.
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Six on Saturday | 9th May 2026
A spring surprise that I forgot I’d planted. Dogtooth violets from 2023 finally blooming, wood anemones just in time for Mother’s Day, and the front flower bed getting camera-ready for… reasons.
