Arugula meadow As gardening season comes to an end, my garden has pretty much turned into a meadow of arugula. The sunny yellow flowers shine in the daylight and bounce up and down with bee visitors. A photo or video cannot do it justice, one must be in the experience for the full yellowy bee-filled …
Tag: Chickens
Mrs. Dashwood’s Butt
Mrs. Dashwood I would love to write a book called Mrs. Dashwood’s Butt. I’m not sure what it would be about, and it probably wouldn’t have anything to do with Mrs. Dashwood’s butt, or maybe it would? I do like Mrs. Dashwood’s butt. It is so fluffy it makes me want to pat it. I …
Garden Doings
I had planned to post about the garden last weekend but I was so busy working in the garden that I ran out of time and energy. You see, it was the end of a full week off from work. A week during which I’d get up at 5 every morning, have a delicious breakfast …
Apprenticeship of the Hands
Apprenticeship of the hands. Isn’t that a lovely phrase? It comes from a moving article, Literacy of the Fingers by Beth Tilston published in Dark Mountain. Tilston is making sourdough bread, a new skill for her, and one she was astonished to discover she was bad at. How hard could it be to make bread? …
Stutter Stepping into Spring
Spring is a two steps forward and one step back affair. Bike commuting last week I wore shorts—in March!—on the way home one day, then two days of riding in the rain followed by two days of moderately layered. The rain was refreshing and cleansing and caused me to start remembering all the spots on …
