We arrived in NYC without incident, in the end, and now all we have to deal with is the disorientation of jet lag and the tummy turmoil that the boys are suffering in the aftermath of the trip (and the less said about that the better for you, dear reader). I guess I always knew …
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Gardener, mom, reader, and all round messy person.
Goodbye, spring.
Tomorrow, the boys and I will fly to New York to visit my mom. We'll be away for two weeks, and Ali will be holding down the fort. Yesterday evening as we watered, I thought about how different the garden would be when I returned. The cicadas will be chanting, and the garden will be …
Compote
A recipe for compote: You'll need some peaches, And some apricots. Peel them if you like, and cut them up. Put them in a pot with water to cover and sugar (or honey, or stevia) to taste. Toss in: Herb flowers- these are oregano. They grow wild in the garden and are a great favorite …
Unsung beauties
I have to admit that I didn't use to think much of marigolds. I think that I sort of grouped them with dandelions in my mind. In my defense, this was before I had a garden, and flowers were not something I spent a whole lot of time thinking about. Then I saw the Mira …
Bearing fruit
This is the result; but first, some back story.We began work in this garden four years ago. It seems like ago, although it has passed by quickly, but it is not all that much time when you think in terms of trees. With trees, time stretches out before you in decades because the steps that …
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