Our bean pergola
I wrote a post in the spring about two engineers building a trellis. https://sarasinart.net/2015/04/19/so-two-engineers-built-a-trellis/ It was unfair to this great structure to call it a trellis, cos a trellis is […]
More amazing stuff in the garden
There’s always fun and fascinating stuff going on in the garden. There’s been more of all that the last couple days. Above is a picture of one fascinating […]
Supper will be good, with leftovers
It’s so good to pick so much of a meal from the garden. No, I didn’t raise the hog for a ham hock, lol; that came from a wonderful […]
Maybe I need a bigger pickin’ basket
It was a bounty this morning. It was a little dicey picking the little sugar baby tomatoes which are right next to the black eyed peas, with the yellow jackets […]
Saint Francis and Saint John
Years ago I got a St. John’s wort plant, just cos it was something else interesting to have growing. It took a long time to spread out, but it covers […]
Time to eat black eyed peas
They get really big plants before they start to produce flowers and then bean pods, but they’re worth waiting for. Cook them in water about 10 minutes, while you fry […]
It’s Fair time!
We have a great Fair here. It’s the 58th year, so something about it was always right. It’s also the largest bi-county Fair in Pennsylvania, since the town sits in […]
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 […]
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, […]
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