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Exploding Ants and Bolted Spinach
Are you following us on Facebook? Lots of fun photos, videos and sharing of gardening information! While Tony and I listened to “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” on NPR (our Saturday morning ritual), Griffey suddenly went into attack mode from … Continue reading
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Behemothic Blackberries and a Bounty of Birds
Jo and I once talked about the tree at the edge of her yard. One of her children had brought it home from school, a seedling in a paper cup. They watered the plant and then, when it outgrew the … Continue reading
A Radish Recipe
Who knew radishes could pose the same problems as zucchini? In May, I sprinkled those tiny seeds in a 1 foot x 6 foot area, nestled between the runner beans and the sugar snap peas. They sprouted quickly and prolifically. … Continue reading
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The Pigheadedness of Peas
Pea plants provoke me. Because of their perversity, the seeds (unusual in the seed world – they are actually exactly what we eat, so what we sow are dried, shriveled versions of what goes on the dinner table) are placed … Continue reading
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Asparagus Surprises
A rustle, a shake, a twitch. And then a flash of brown with that tiny flag of white. There is a baby bunny living in our garden again. He prefers to keep to the backyard, curled up in the bed … Continue reading
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Dealing with Damn Rabbits and Frost Damage
The milorganite has failed spectacularly. And of course, the failure began right after I began tentatively recommending it to others with Damn Rabbit problems. I noticed chewing on Things Damn Rabbits Aren’t Even Supposed To Like on a walkabout the … Continue reading
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Tagged bee habitat, beer garden, frost damage, gardening, keep rabbits out of garden, pollinator habitat
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Gardening Memoir with Eye-Popping Photography is “Part Humor, Part Mystery, Part Lecture and Completely Engaging”
Most year-long experiments are extraordinary sacrifices of inconvenience and toil – living biblically, eating locally or cooking an entirely new recipe every day. Rebecca Palumbo did something that one third of Americans might accomplish without any cost or resources, but … Continue reading
Mission Accomplished!!
Gardening Book Is Combination of Eye-Popping Photography, Instructive How-To and Poetic Observation Result of year-long project is love letter to nature, family and growing things Most year-long experiments are extraordinary sacrifices of inconvenience and toil – living biblically, eating locally … Continue reading
Fighting the Mean Reds
Somedays, you just wake up crabby. And cranky. And out of sorts. It can’t be explained away, it can’t be justified, it can’t be pinpointed. Nothing is really wrong, but absolutely nothing is right either. A trip to the health … Continue reading
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Flirting with Anaphylactic Shock
It seemed like a simple enough task. As usual, we waited until all the lightbulbs in the front of the house had burnt out before we replaced any of them. After all, we still had a dim haze of light … Continue reading
The Soul Of A Gardener 