Whew! What a day – I’m exhausted! Not that it takes much to wear me out… Actually, if I told you what I did today, you’d say “Pshaw – is that all?” But then you’d know what a wimp I am. My to-do list is always longer than my “done” list. I always over-estimate my [...]
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To Do and Not to Do
Posted in Gardening on 2012/05/20 | Leave a Comment »
Indigo Blue
Posted in Gardening, tagged Baptisia australis, Gardening on 2012/05/19 | Leave a Comment »
I just love this plant! It’s Baptisia australis, in case you don’t recognize it, also called False Indigo. I love everything about it – the leaves the flowers – but especially the color. I looked for one this color for a couple of years with no luck, then tried to grow one from seed. A [...]
Graduation, of Sorts
Posted in Gardening, tagged vegetable gardening on 2012/05/17 | 3 Comments »
Things are heating up in the garden, both literally and figuratively. The weather is finally staying warm – except for the nights, darn it. So I’m getting the plants ready to move into the garden. They’re transitioning slowly from the stable, predictable mud-room where they’ve been happily growing, to the unpredictable and inconsistent outdoors, with [...]
Satoimo: One of Japan’s Favorite Slimy Things
Posted in Gardening on 2012/05/15 | 1 Comment »
I’ve never been to Japan, and never heard of satoimo. But Joan Baily, our guest blogger today, has. She lives and works in Tokyo. Joan and I are participating in the 2012 WordCount Blogathon, where we’ve committed to posting every day this month (a commitment I’ve already inadvertently broken). I’ve never had a guest blogger [...]
Silly Bird
Posted in Gardening on 2012/05/14 | Leave a Comment »
I was out in the garden, hacking away at the thistle, when I heard the sound of the field gate clattering. I looked up, and there was a Downy Woodpecker sitting on it. While I watched him, he started pecking on the gate. It’s a metal gate. So, OK, he was checking it out. But [...]
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