Squirrels v. Frontyard pumpkins I think this time of year is almost busier than spring. Spring is all about planting and the start of the growing season, but I’ve had time all winter to plan for it. And while it is all weather dependent on when gardening begins, once it does, it goes along pretty …
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The Joyful Bathing of Sparrows
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 …
Here Comes the Sun
The garden is planted but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still lots to keep me busy. Like two weeks ago the maple seeds started falling. That means I collected a big bowl and then James and I spent a couple hours removing the seeds and getting sore fingers in the process. All for half a …
Cranky
It’s been a cranky weather week here friends. Tuesday we got up to 96F, and I am just so relieved that the tropical dew points that were forecast did not happen. One day of heat was followed by one day of cool rain that the garden drank like a sponge and temperatures didn't get past …
Variety Pack
We are in the midst of a thaw, and over the weekend I spent a day and half sniffling and sneezing and feeling blah, wondering whether I had COVID/a sinus infection/a cold before I realized it was allergies. Generally it takes a near complete snow melt before the allergies start up, but I guess any …
