Oh friends, the garden has been keeping me busy and I've had no time to sit down and write or reply to comments or visit blogs to say hello. Today, I have photos to offer so you can at least have an idea of how everything is going. Front yard prairie garden View of the …
Category: Food
Spice of Life
Bee on hyssop Last week at 4 a.m. on Tuesday—or was it Wednesday? it’s all a sleep deprived blur—the raccoon came back for more apples. Thud! Roll! Splat! James and I both woke up and held our breathe. Thud! Roll! Splat! We groaned. James swore, got out of bed, grabbed the cake pans, turned on …
A Regular Wild Kingdom
Peppermint stick zinnia We made three attempts throughout the week to evict Rabbit from the garden. Each time the little bun evaded us and disappeared not to be flushed out. This morning we tried again but Rabbit was nowhere to be found. We gave up and watered the garden since we’ve had almost a whole …
Plastic Free July
It’s plastic-free July! Have you checked in on your plastic usage lately? James and I haven’t made it to the Asian market yet to search out tofu making equipment, but we did eliminate a different big plastic item from near daily use: bike water bottles. Or if you want to get fancy and French because …
Uncertain
Volunteer marigold with bee In Eau Claire, Wisconsin the other day, police were looking for someone who aggressively threw cheese at someone's car. If news were always of this sort I wouldn't have been hovering above despair last weekend. But this weekend I am feeling much better. There are several reasons. The biggest one is …
