It's scarlet runner bean season There are two kinds of tofu, silken, which comes in a shelf-stable package and doesn’t need to be refrigerated, and water-packed tofu that comes in a plastic dish with a peel off plastic top. Each kind of tofu has its different uses. For making sandwiches and crumbles and stir fries—main …
Category: Gardening
Windows Between Worlds
Who needs ChatGPT? I just typed "window" in the Google search bar and it helped me title my post. Ha! The main event this last week was having our new windows installed! We did all the windows on our main floor expect for the bathroom (we think we want a glass block window and the …
Bun on the Run
It turns out we should not have been almost completely sure that Little Bun had been chased from the garden. Our certainty made us blind. Beans kept being eaten. Squash flowers kept disappearing. We made up excuses. We just hadn't noticed before. Squirrels. Always blame the squirrels. Then Tuesday night we were watering the garden …
A Single Gooseberry
I am feeling much better this week. The baby rabbit kept finding a way into the garden and eating all of my bush and soup beans, some squash blossoms, and nibbling on the sweet potato vines but I just feel resigned. James and I chase the poor scared little Bun around the garden, trying to …
Normal Doesn’t Exist Anymore
Our drought here has gone from moderate to severe in spite of a couple thunderstorms this past week. Meanwhile, Vermont is underwater, the southern U.S. is baking in a record-breaking heatwave, and Canada is on fire. Other parts of the world are in no better shape. But the business of fossil energy production continues apace …
