I meant to do my work today, But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. –Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947) Well, the last week has simply been heaven. Every spare moment was spent planting the seedlings started during Spring Break. Several [...]
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…the leaves were calling me.
Posted in Favorite Things, Hollyhocks, Roses, Strawberries, Succulents/Cacti, Sunday, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, tagged agapanthus, birdhouse, Brandywine, garden, garden blog, leaves, mint, Peanut, Peas, Potting Shed, Richard Le Gallienne, seedlings, Tomatoes on June 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday’s Muse: Mentors
Posted in Gladiola, Roses, Tomatoes, Tuesday's Muse, tagged Bill Nortcutt, gardening wisdom, Hydrangea, Mentor, Muse, Purple Gladiola, Roses, tomato, Tuesday on May 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Today is Tuesday, so time to honor the Muse. Today, she takes the form of mentors, those people who come into your life and teach you things, and I would like to talk about my father-in-law who passed away last Wednesday. He leaves behind a very large family that adored him and a lifetime of [...]
Go Outside and Play!
Posted in carrots, Garlic, Plant Care, Strawberries, tagged bulbs, carrots, garden blog, garden blogs, gardening, garlic, Miracle Grow, pruning, radishes, root vegetable, Spring on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When we were little, our mothers sent us outside to play when we were getting on her nerves. We thought she was being sweet and encouraging us to have fun when all she really wanted was a moment alone with her thoughts and perhaps a Highball or two. Well, I’m on my own nerves lately, [...]
Ode to Tomatoes
Posted in Food! Wine!, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Tomatoes, tagged Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, garden, garden blog, Garden to Table, Green Zebra, Heirloom Tomatoes, Ode To Tomatoes, Pablo Neruda, Tomatoes on November 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ode To Tomatoes ~ by Pablo Neruda The street filled with tomatoes, midday, summer, light is halved like a tomato, its juice runs through the streets. In December, unabated, the tomato invades the kitchen, it enters at lunchtime, takes its ease on counter-tops, among glasses, butter dishes, blue saltcellars. It sheds its own light, benign [...]
…Seven Potato More…
Posted in Guest Gardeners, Potatoes, Re-Purposed, Vegetables, tagged blue potatoes, Bucket Potatoes, French Fingerlings, garden, garden blog, Harvest, Potatoes, raised beds, Re-purposed, recycle on November 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well, It seems like forever ago since I started the posts about the potato experiment that my friend Kenny and I were going to do over the summer. Things got busy and complicated and we have all been taking care of business. I have a few minutes before I close up the office for the [...]
…Five Potato, Six Potato…
Posted in Guest Gardeners, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Potatoes, Vegetables, tagged camping potatoes, Catile Soap insect spray, Dr. Bronner's, Eucalyptus oil, inch worm, Louisa May Alcott, money, Potato Plant, Potatoes, raised bed, root of all evil on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.” Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), American novelist As promised, an update from Kenny for the Potato Experiment!: “They are growing quite well in my raised beds. As [...]
…three potato, four…
Posted in Potatoes, Vegetables, tagged blue potatoes, chit, garden, Idaho potatoes, Potatoes, raised bed on April 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A few months ago, my dear friend Lucie told me she had a friend I MUST meet. She said he was a gardening nerd like me and that we would get along famously. Thanks to the modern miracle that is Facebook, we have indeed become long distance gardening buddies, and we get along famously! Kenny [...]
One potato, two potato…
Posted in Potatoes, Re-Purposed, Vegetables, tagged almanac, cat litter bucket, Charles Dickens, garden potatoes, Potatoes, repurposed, seed potatoes on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. ~ Charles Dickens My almanac tells me that the best time to plant potatoes is when the moon is waning in Pisces. Well, that’s today! Thankfully, the seed potatoes I ordered from Seed Savers Exchange had already sprouted and were quite [...]
Happy Venus’ Day
Posted in Art, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, tagged Brandywine, Friday, Heirloom Tomatoes, Jean Leon Gerome, Queen Anne's Lace, Venus, wisteria on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Venus” by Jean Leon Gerome I love the word “Friday” in the romance languages because you can actually hear the “dies Veneris” or “day of Venus” happening in the word. Say Vendredi (French) Venerdì (Italian) or Viernes (Spanish) and it’s a much more exotic day than “Friday”. Our way of saying it drums up images [...]
Hearts Wildly Open
Posted in Adventures!, carrots, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, tagged Anise, Atlanta, Black Sea Man, Dragon Carrot, Georgia, Hearts Wildly Open, Himalayan Blue Poppy, Hyssop, Kali Heydel, Long Tom Tomato, Love Lies Bleeding, Magnus Lovage, Night Scented Tobacco, Red Milkweed, Seed Savers Exchange, St. John's Wort on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Breathe Breathe love into the cup of your hands and place your flaming palms against your heart Let this warmth melt your fears like wax before a fire and watch the delicious softening reveal the wildflower of your heart. We must live with Hearts Wide Open Hearts Wildly Open. –Kali Heydel Actually, I’m waiting for [...]
Early Morning Onion Happiness
Posted in Onions, Vegetables, tagged bulbs, Patty Duke, red onion, white onion on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“It’s toughest to forgive ourselves. So it’s probably best to start with other people. It’s almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.” – Patty Duke Today I got up and out early to plant some little red and white onion [...]
