Train your black eyed peas well………
If you don’t train them well, they might strike out to find their own way in the world, and then who knows where they might end up! Some will be […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
We get by with a little help from our friends
My tomatoes have normally grown to 7′. This year we’re successfully growing cucumbers: so successfully that they have also reached 7′. And some have come around the corner of […]
How to spend a hot summer day
She knows to stay downstairs, cos the upstairs is much warmer in a long skinny house that has the long side facing east. We have a heat advisory today, […]
Chili today
Pick tomatoes and a jalapeno from the garden, soak some kidney beans from last year, chop up some other things and after while I’ll have a little pot of chili!
Enough to share
I always like to plant extra, for several reasons. For one thing, something might not grow, and then you wouldn’t have enough. And if you’re planting seeds, seeds really […]
Some pleasures of summer………
A ride in a horse drawn wagon at a nice summer festival. The fresh smell of laundry dried on the line. Upsetting the little Jenny wren cos I’m […]
The blessings of the earth in our garden
We’ve been eating cucumbers, and we all like them here and have agreed that none from any store will ever taste this good. A couple things that Eliza got […]
Oh Christmas tree, oh………no, wait
It’s not Christmas in July, it’s cucumbers gone crazy; a cucumber tree! I had to rig up a bamboo tee pee to help hold up a tomato cage full […]
Some things work just like they’re supposed to!
Japanese beetles are a garden pest that can wreak havoc on several things: roses, and, as I discovered 2 years ago, green bean leaves. Then last year I discovered […]
The garden is benefiting from lots of rain
It rained an enormous amount over the last several weeks and things are benefiting from it. I discovered 2 nice sized cucumbers when I was just out poking around, thinking […]
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