| Type | Subject | Comments |
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 | Down to a fine art
Posted on Sep 4, '10 12:29 AM for everyone
"It is 8 PM on Friday night, and the car is all packed for the last market of the season. I quit after Labor Day. Some vendors keep going till Thanksgiving, but it gets too coo..."
| 4 |
 | Food, family, organization, and the wages of sin.
Posted on Aug 29, '10 2:43 PM for everyone
"Rats, I never got around to taking pictures yesterday. Daughter forgot to bring her camera, mine was full and I was too busy to deal with it. A written description will ..."
| 4 |
| Growing Food: The Bottom Line
Posted on Aug 29, '10 2:23 AM for everyone
"Once again, I did not get around to keeping meticulous records. There is still time to note what grew where and how well it did. I will get to it next week. But it is too late for ..."
| 18 |
| A mighty fortress. This one's for Rick.
Posted on Aug 13, '10 1:03 AM for everyone
" The Rodents are at it again, now they are eating the potatoes. I am NOT amused. The stinky spray made the rounds again, it seems to help a bit. It is also possible that they come ..."
| 4 |
| Bursting
Posted on Aug 13, '10 12:22 AM for everyone
" If you hear a big bang, followed by a hail of fleshy particles, that would be me having just burst with pride. That's MY girl! My main contribution has been to not get in her way...."
| 12 |
| A Rumination on Selves
Posted on Aug 6, '10 8:28 PM for everyone
"I can't get myself going today. It is one thing to take time off, like yesterday.I lounged in the zero-gravity recliner on the shady lawn, enjoying the warm breeze, reading and nap..."
| 10 |
| At the Feet of the Raspberry Goddess
Posted on Aug 5, '10 6:57 PM for everyone
"Raspberries are one of my favorite crops. They are delicious, super healthy like all berries, expensive to buy and so perishable that you can never find good fresh ones in the stor..."
| 17 |
 | Mid summer breakfast
Posted on Jul 28, '10 1:42 PM for everyone
"Our daily breakfast this time of year. Fresh raspberries from the garden, amazingly good yogurt, a spoonful of grapenuts and for the kid a splash of Ribena black current syrup. YUM..."
| 13 |
| The heart of summer
Posted on Jul 28, '10 2:30 AM for everyone
" It is one of my favorite weeks of the year. Those last days of July. Such a wonderful month, and it seems to go on forever. It has been summer for a while now, and it feels as if..."
| 8 |
| Some more language ruminations
Posted on Jul 11, '10 1:11 AM for everyone
"Can we please stop calling the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico an oil SPILL? This is an industry-caused ERUPTION. The word spill implies more or less business as usual. A spil..."
| 9 |
| Her Majesty in the pink
Posted on Jul 5, '10 4:08 PM for everyone
"There is a plant I call Her Majesty. Your Majesty when she is being directly addresed. She -this is definitely a lady- is a pink peony that I planted when we still lived in the log..."
| 10 |
| A great day to get some independence.
Posted on Jul 4, '10 2:18 PM for everyone
"Link Happy 4th to all you Americans. The world needs the ideals your republic was founded on. Long may they live. The link goes to a wonderful photo reportage of birds being coax..."
| 3 |
| Hup Holland Hup!
Posted on Jul 3, '10 1:54 AM for everyone
"I am not much of a sportsfan, but we make an exception for big events like Fifa. This fellow Dutch Canadian showed up at the farmers market like this. There are days when it is go..."
| 5 |
| Another Grad, another coast trip
Posted on Jun 30, '10 2:10 AM for everyone
" Son Alex had lost his geology job in the economic downturn, and cleverly used the enforced idleness for some upgrading. He added an intense one-year course in Geograph..."
| 7 |
| Varmints
Posted on Jun 28, '10 8:36 PM for everyone
" I could cry. Really. There seems to be no end to it. I must have lost 20% of potential snow pea harvest already, and every day brings more bitten-off plants. The stinky spray stop..."
| 6 |
| Bless me Flora, for I have sinned
Posted on Jun 20, '10 10:59 PM for everyone
"Bless me Flora, for I have sinned. I plead guilty to Iris abuse. Not all irises have been abused. These tall beauties are pretty happy right now. This little corner gets the most i..."
| 7 |
| COF! COF! COF! Twirling batons and shaking pompoms.
Posted on Jun 20, '10 12:30 AM for everyone
" COF stands for Complete Organic Fertilizer, a recipe by master gardener Steve Solomon, author of "Gardening when it counts". My Bible at the moment.It is like magic dust. Spr..."
| 6 |
| This means WAR!
Posted on Jun 18, '10 1:36 AM for everyone
" In spite of having an early start this year and not going anywhere I still managed to wrest Late out of the jaws of Early. Never mind the details of why and how. But I have gorgeo..."
| 10 |
| George's Lentils for dinner
Posted on Jun 14, '10 11:33 PM for everyone
"Sometimes I really enjoy cooking, other times it's a chore. I am still white-rabbiting outside. Left to my own devices I would just make a huge batch of kitchen sink soup and let i..."
| 4 |
| Project Peters: restoring faith in goodness for one family
Posted on Jun 11, '10 12:24 AM for everyone
"Every day the media bombard us with dire news that can leave us feeling depressed and helpless. Between the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the ongoing tragedies in Darfur, ..."
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