Falling for spring
bySomething about yesterday’s soggy, sunny-but-cool day felt like spring to me. And sure enough, when I started tromping through the side yard with a…
farming
High and dry
bySun-dried tomatoes are my new favorite thing. The tomato seedlings got a late start, thanks to that wonderful but ill-timed trip to the Grand…
Rootimentary, my dear Watson*
byPulled the last of the carrots this week to make room for Brussels sprouts in the raised bed. They were, by far, the big…
Gar-licked
byToo much rain + partly shady garden site = sad garlic. Not a total failure, but definitely not the harvest we were hoping for….
Your moment of zen
byWhat better way to enjoy Hump Day than with a wee stroll through the veg? Our garden got a late start this spring, thanks…
How sweet it is
byLast month at Pasaquan, we picked up some wayward bamboo shoots that were taking over one of the outbuildings. After drying the culms for…
Carrot merit
byLoving this heat-tolerant variety of Danvers 126 from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. These babies went into a batch of primavera along with garlic from our garden…
Herb-an farming
byFed up with an ugly strip of eroding land in our back yard, last summer I gathered every rock on the property and created…
Age and how to dill with it
byI’m to the age where I’m happier to let a birthday slide by quietly than to walk into a big surprise party. It’s not…