Please tell our fans more about yourself.
I am a vegetable gardener, writer, and recipe developer who lives in Southeast Portland. I’ve written two books! My culinary gardening guide called Grow Cook Eat: A Food-Lover’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening, which just came out in its second edition in February. My new cookbook, Veggies for Breakfast: 100 Delicious Plant-Focused Recipes for Healthier Mornings comes out on October 28th! My favorite new variety that I tried this year was ’Trionofo Violetto’, a lovely and super productive pole bean.
What made you fall in love with gardening?
My mom! When I was little my mom had a HUGE vegetable garden in our backyard in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I loved being out in the garden, picking snap peas off the vine and searching for ripe strawberries. When I graduated college with an English degree and wanted to work in publishing, she suggested I apply for an internship at Organic Gardening magazine. I got the job and that launched my somewhat random career as a garden writer!