Be joyful though you have considered all the facts
We had our first major harvest from the hoop house a couple of days ago, of mache, minutina, claytonia, and some kale. Though the claytonia had bolted the leaves were still sweet. I bagged these and took them to NYC, where we shared them with our friends, along with a vinaigrette made with my blueberry-basil …
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We are leaving for NYC tomorrow afternoon and won’t be back until Monday evening. Hopefully with lots more drawings!
Sudbury River at Saxonville – close enough Its raining, again. Third rain storm of the month. Governor Patrick asked President Obama to declare my county (among others) a disaster area, and he did. “My” river, the Sudbury River, is overflowing onto already well-saturated grounds, flooding roads and basements. As for us, we’re up here on …
While hacking out a stump in one of our “wild” side gardens, we scared this (harmless) garden or garter snake. He, or she, was very defensive, striking out several times and unwilling to leave the spot. So we left. Amie understood: it’s the snake’s garden too. In any case it brought home the importance of …
These olive oil crackers took me 15 minutes to make and were delicious. I topped some with pepper and Italian spices, others I left plain for Amie. I need to get my hands on some poppy and sesame seeds, maybe some pine nuts… But this was good too: with homemade walnut pesto
tomato seedlings and lovage I’ve been trying to get hold of comfrey – for compost. Neither Fedco nor Johnny’s carry the seeds, and the seeds I’ve found are expensive: $4 for 10, plus $3 shipping! I don’t think so. So I put a request for a mature plant on my local Freecycle and within 12 …
Irises (probably) in the back yard While I was spending money anyways I went ahead and ordered, from Burnt Ridge: 2x ANANASNAYA FEMALE HARDY KIWI 1x MALE HARDY KIWI /POLLINATOR 2x PAW PAW 2x YORK ELDERBERRY (canadensis) 2x SOCHI TEA (Camellia sinensis) 1x BARCELONA HAZELNUT (Corylus avellana) 2x BUSH HAZELNUT (Corylus americana) 1x GAMMA HAZELNUT …
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I went ahead and ordered the following from Nourse Farms, here in MA (I’m so happy to get them locally): 4x Blanca white currant 4x Rovada red currant 4x Invictus gooseberry 4x Hinnonmaki gooseberry 25 Purple passion asparagus plants 2x Samdal elderberry 25x Honeyoye strawberries All of these will go into places that are either …
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On this rainy morning I potted up all the tomato seedlings that were spared by the 12 mice I’ve caught so far. I love that tomato juice smell! I used peat pots and Burpee’s coconut fiber seed starter and so far I give it a thumbs up. It’s a good thing I left room for …
You may recall that last Summer I contacted the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture about growing Ribes on our property. He told me that I would need a grower’s license, which is a pain to apply for, and anyway the variances from white pine stands will probably disqualify our location. I asked about gooseberries, and he …
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