So it looks like I planted the spinach a little too late. And the lettuce. And the cucumbers were perhaps to fragile as tiny sprouts to withstand my man-handling of them into the garden. Either way, as far as veggies go so far, looks like I missed the boat.
The boat I was trying to catch [...]
Despite a decidedly rocky start with rhubarb, I have made a remarkable comeback. Even though I was deceived as a child into believing that my beloved frozen strawberries were in fact rhubarb (and therefore off limits,) I have now gotten to a point where things with scary names aren’t intimidating. Well, except kohlabi. Anyone in [...]
Read more...On Saturday morning, while I was busy disengaging the wild raspberries from the strawberry patch and moving weeds to make room for rainbow chard seeds, my daughters had more pressing matters at hand. The pine needle roof of the fairy home, constructed specifically to allow for shade and breezes, had blown over. At least now [...]
Read more...Coming back home after eight days away I am hit by one particular fact: my living room smells like dirt. No, I can’t blame my husband for letting things fall to pot. The kids are in one piece and the house is still standing. The house smells like dirt in a good way. Forest path [...]
Read more...According to the gardening gurus it’s time to plant potatoes, but all I’m doing is eating a whole lot of doughnuts. Ahhh, the anti-healthy all-terrible non-nutritional terrific-tasting doughnut. Nothing takes the sting out of stress like a deep friend treat dipped in chocolate. And I’ve been a bit stressed lately, what with my eight year-old [...]
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