Old-Fashioned Pleasures of October 11
A short list of good things that make life nicer.
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This Week’s Old-Fashioned Pleasures: June 2-8, 2018
Time for some old-fashioned good stuff… This week, I’ve been enjoying: Rhubarb At present, I have acquired 11 pounds of rhubarb, and I’m not done. Eventually, I’ll can it, but it’s tucked in the freezer for safekeeping. I discovered I have a bit of a hoarding problem, as there was
Continue readingVictory Garden: Successes, Failures and Mysteries
Things are happening in my little garden! Successful Things: Kale and chard look like actual plants. Beets and carrots are visible and growing. Peas are trying to take over the world. Those onions I didn’t plant are huge. The strawberry has leetle teensy green berries. Green beans are popping right
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Victory!
I haven’t had a garden since 2008, when I moved out of my first apartment. I had dug out a little section by the driveway, and filled it with tomatoes and sunflowers and marigolds and weeds. I haven’t had space since then, and routinely miss the deadlines for signing up
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