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 […]
Rural Life Festival
My soon-to-be daughter in law and I went to a nice event, Rural Life Festival presented by Newburg United Methodist Church in the town of Newburg. Newburg is a little […]
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 […]
Drying lovage
I wrote a blog a while ago about the herb called lovage. https://sarasinart.net/2013/04/25/lovage/ It’s such an interesting plant, and one that many people don’t know about at all. The celery […]
Drying sage
Sage adds a wonderful flavor to sausage, potatoes and a few other things. I grow a couple plants and take leaves fresh to add to things during the summer. The […]
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