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 […]
Tag Archives: growing food
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 […]
Gathering veggies before a big storm
There’s only a few good things ready to harvest from the garden right now. I was just out picking some Swiss chard, and earlier Eliza picked two nice zucchinis. […]
Let the journey begin
It’s a longs ways to UP when you’re a seedling. But we’re King of the Garden Lima beans and we have a long ways up to go, so here we […]
Roasted partridges do not fly into one’s mouth
That’s a strange expression, right? But one that has guided me and made me think things thru for many years. When I was first married, my husband’s old grandmother […]
It’s a good day to start seedlings
It’s cold and there’s a snow storm going on, but those of us who grow food know the process of growing it needs to get started early with some […]
I still grow beans in the strangest places
I had posted before about green beans growing climbing a tomato plant, and this year I dropped one bean in a yucca plant and it got beans on. https://sarasinart.net/2014/09/06/i-love-natures-miracles/ […]
Do you know where your food comes from?
Do we want to know where our food comes from? I know I rant on all the time about gardening and the importance of growing food and saving seeds […]
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