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Category Archives: Locally grown
Waiting for spring
It has been a while since I’ve posted. Life is tremendously hectic (I feel like I say that too frequently). Friends having babies, and they need meals. Kids sick with colds that become pneumonia and bronchitis. Hours of garden work … Continue reading
Christmas Posey
Our first frost date is October 15, but we have yet to have a hard freeze this year. Tender plants that are normally wrapped in burlap or provided with wind screens are thriving free in the mild weather. While George … Continue reading
Eggsceptional
Washing eggs in the late afternoon. Bolt, our Speckled Sussex, lays pinkish eggs with lavender speckles. When I find one of hers in the nest box amongst the deeper browns laid by the Australorps, and blue and greens of the … Continue reading
Posted in Homemaking, Locally grown
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Low Key
Garden work for me is meditative, and therapeutic…much like knitting, actually. Today even more so, as we spent the afternoon enjoying the early October sunshine and snuggling with our Welsh Harlequin, Bumblebee… dead-heading dahlias… picking lemony Tuscan kale for dinner… … Continue reading
Late September Evening
We’re trying to make the most of the absolutely stunning late September weather, spending as much time as possible in the waning garden. Picking and washing Concord grapes before dinner. As we wash them, their aroma reminds me of my … Continue reading
Posted in BCS Teaching Garden, Changing Seasons, Locally grown
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This Moment
Joining in with Amanda for her Friday link up.
Accidental harvest
Since I just did a post on walking onions, l thought it might be good to talk about another fine spring allium that is often overlooked by home gardeners. Last summer, when George was just a few days old, friends … Continue reading
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7 Fluffy Chicks!
Our chicks have come! We were worried they’d be delayed because of the cold, but they arrived this morning, and we picked them up at the feed store this afternoon. Because of a raccoon and a freak illness, we are … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Locally grown
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Kicking off the Garden Year
We’re back! I can’t believe I haven’t blogged in over two months! Morning sickness is finally (mostly) gone, and life is getting back to normal a little bit. The garden year is just kicking off – in the past two … Continue reading