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Spring Fever or (Im)patience is a Virtue
“Visions of ripening tomatoes burrow into my brain…” Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged black krim, Blackberry Winter, compost, compost tea, DIY, food, garden, gardening, grow your own, growing tomatoes, heirloom tomato, heirloom tomatoes, home, homegrown tomatoes, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, photography, spring, Suburban garden, suburban gardening, tomato, tomatoes, weather
20 Comments
Tomato Time
After a cold, wet spring that slammed abruptly into a hot, hot summer without the usual tempering one would expect from a kinder and more benevolent Mother Nature, tomato season is finally here. The bite-sized tomatoes appeared first, Spoonful and Sun … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged garden, garden pests, gardening, gardening tips, heirloom tomato, heirloom tomatoes, july, summer, tomato, tomatoes
15 Comments
Peaches & Plums & Poetry
As June burns away into July in our part of the Ohio River Valley, the peaches are coming on nicely. Not that I grow peaches, but I know where to find ’em. And for the past couple of year, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, cooking, family, farming, food, fruit, garden, gardening, joy, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, nature, nostalgia, Ohio, peach, peaches, photography, plums, poetry, recipes, summer, That is just to say, William Carlos Williams
13 Comments
End of the Month (of May) Garden View
We thought spring might never arrive. But it did, at least for a day or two. But then, BAM, straight on into summer. Heat plus humidity hangs in the air like sodden laundry on the line. Thunderstorms materialize from nowhere … Continue reading
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The Garden Awakes
Hello spring, true spring, the spring we thought may never come! Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged apple blossom, asparagus, beauty, climate, DIY, flower, flowers, food, garden, gardening, grow your own, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, Ohio, photography, Suburban garden, suburban gardening, tomatoes, urban gardening, weather
19 Comments
Silent Sunday
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Tagged dogwood, flowering trees, flowers, gardening, nature, photography, silent sunday, spring
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April the Cruel
T.S. Eliot opined: “April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” But while certainly occasionally cruel, April has a gentle side as well, tempering thunderstorms and late … Continue reading
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Tagged april, flowers, garden, gardening, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, nature, photography, spring, weather
24 Comments
Vernal Equinox
We’ve had a good winter this year. For our family, that means a several good snows and temperatures low enough to merit wool sweaters and long underwear . The kids received a gift of snow days off from school and we … Continue reading
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