CULTIVATED COOKING
Good, clean dirt
There are times when dirt is just good. Dirty hands. Dirty garden tools. Dirt clinging to the fine roots of pale leeks. Writer Juliet Roberts and photographer Gavin Kingcome have documented the beauty of organic gardener Mike Thurlow’s fine soil in their new book, “Organic Kitchen Garden,” published in association with “Gardens Illustrated” magazine. $17, Conran Octopus
THINKING AHEAD
Bursts of allium
Yeah, yeah, the fall bulb planting season is months away. But we’ve already begun contemplating what might be planted to fill out a vacant view corridor or add a Seussian edge to the border. Flipping through the John Scheepers catalog this week, we found three full pages of allium, the crazy drumsticks of blossoms in pink, white and yellow, looking like summer’s first fireworks. John Scheepers Inc.
