Category: Garden

Zucchini-craze.

The summer squashes are endless at the moment – I’ve got zucchini, ronde de nice and yellow pattypan all producing voluminously in my early-autumn backyard. What to do with them all? Well tonight we had ronde de nice squash stuffed with ground beef, tomato… Continue Reading “Zucchini-craze.”

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Sunday harvest…..

Having a pretty lazy Sunday at home – though I did manage an hour of work in the garden this morning where I pulled up some beets, a 5-pound cabbage, a fennel bulb, some beans and 2 cucumbers. This in addition to the half-dozen… Continue Reading “Sunday harvest…..”

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Yesterday gardening.

I have no garden pictures to share at the moment, because by the time we finished yesterday I just couldn’t be bothered to run all the way upstairs, get the camera and come back down. Pictures later this week, I promise. But for the… Continue Reading “Yesterday gardening.”

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Cultivation.

My cultivatation of wonder in the last year grew directly from my garden – the most literal of places. Which is a funny thing because though I’ve had many gardens over the years, I have often regarded them only as a means to an… Continue Reading “Cultivation.”

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Getting into the dirt.

Never in my younger years did I forsee a time when I would get so damned excited about dirt… but having just hung up the phone from my dirt delivery guy, I find myself positively giddy with a weekend of projects to look forward… Continue Reading “Getting into the dirt.”

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