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The Semi-Urban Homesteaders
Last night during dinner, Jonathan began plying me with questions: How did the Ingalls live all winter long? Where did they get their food? He knows that i have (multiple times) read and enjoyed the Little House books, a… -
The tentative plan for this summer's garden
i think i have our garden almost entirely planned out. It's a little complicated. But those who know me expect nothing less than a convoluted garden, right? i think that my fallow plot will hold some sort of annual clov… -
Garden planning
i realized last week that i am a bit late for seed-starting this year. Well, really, i can start seeds this coming week and be fine-- but i hadn't done any planting and i don't have any seeds! So this afternoon i sat dow… -
The (nearly) last bit of garden cleanup
This morning we went over to vote just as early as the polls opened (7). Then we came home and i raked the front yard and finished cleaning the gardens. (Why is backyard one word and front yard two? Or am i just wrong?) … -
Today's doings
This morning i woke up at 7 to receive my little friend Naomi at 7:30. She and i spent the day together-- up until about 3:30. Mostly we watched "movies" (that is, 30-minute kid vids). We also had a little candy and read… -
The attack of/on Powdery Mildew
So i have powdery mildew all over my squash plants. Little fuzzy round white spots that grow and grow until they leaves are mostly fuzzy and white. Peeking a little closer i see that it's on the stems, too. So far they k… -
Crop rotation
i don't usually start thinking about next year's garden until midwinter, when the Burpee catalog arrives and i'm tired of cold weather. But i've been enjoying my pattypan squash, and Rebecca's pumpkins are tasty-- which … -
Two ripe tomatoes!
i saw that i had a ripe tomato on one of my plants today, so i went out just now to pick it. While i was out i thought i'd look over my other plants, too, to see if any were nearing ripeness. When i went to look at the p… -
Fresh produce
Tonight's dinner is sketti with a throw-together sauce: diced tomatoes from a can, red peppers that i froze some months ago, mushrooms, garlic, seasonings-- and two tiny patttypans! Oh, how wonderful! Just now i let the… -
Our very pretty pattypans
i picked our first pattypan squash today! You're supposed to pick it just as the blossom falls off and not too late, lest the plant think it's done and stop making squash... so i was getting nervous. i guess pattypans ca…
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