Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The top posts of 2012


Happy new year! It's January second, and many of you are heading back into work despite not having quite recovered from the holidays. Fortunately, it's a short week. If it makes you feel better, I spent the afternoon shoveling rabbit poop and soggy compost.

I did take a minute to check the blog stats for 2012 (readers in 47 countries, not bad for a 6 month-old blog) and thought I'd share the most popular posts from 2012. It looks like I should post updates on the ficoide glaciale and the cape gooseberry plants; both are doing splendidly. Although looking at the search engine reports, if I really want to target the most popular search terms, I need to do more posts on "big melons."

The most popular posts of 2012:

FAQ: Ficoide glaciale    

Glacier lettuce (ficoide glaciale)



FAQ: Cape gooseberry    

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)



Garam masala oatmeal chocolate chip cookies    

Garam masala oatmeal chocolate chip cookies



What to do with that leftover pumpkin puree    

Kabocha squash soup, Kabocha squash empanadas



Tuna salad, with chickpeas instead of tuna    

Tuna salad with chickpeas instead of tuna



Warm kale salad with roasted butternut squash, parsnips, and caramelized red onions    

Warm kale salad with roasted butternut squash, parsnips, and red onions



Fee Fi Fo Fum: scarlet runner beans    

Scarlet runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus)



Lemon-thyme-rosemary cake #2

Lemon-thyme-rosemary cake