Dyer's chamomile The weather weirdness continues. I still have flowers blooming in the garden amidst the fallen autumn leaves. I can still pick arugula to put on a sandwich. The ground has zero frost in it. Nonetheless, with an assist from Mrs. Dashwood, I planted garlic today even though the 10-day forecast shows night temperatures …
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What Month Is This?
We ended up just getting a light frost Monday and Tuesday, which means only the most sensitive plants were killed. Yesterday I picked a small, ripe tomato and the vine had a new flower on it. Today I picked several cayenne peppers. Friday it was so warm I biked home from work in shorts and …
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 …
City Folk Move to the Country
I got an email from a local indie publisher the other day about a new upcoming book about a couple who lived in a city in Ireland and then moved to the country to pursue a rural agrarian homesteading sort of life, living lightly on the earth, discovering what it means to be rooted and …
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 …
