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New soil to till.
I was tossing sizzling olives, garlic, and chilies in a hot pan at the stove when the phone rang last night. Nick handed it to me, and I jabbered on for a few minutes, squealing intermittently and so excitedly that … Continue reading
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Nature hates me, and the feeling might be mutual.
“Oh, shit,” Nick said, pushing his way through the overgrown ferns and thorny outstretched branches of the rose bush. “This is going to suck.” And suck it did. Between all our weekends of busyness and the rain and mist and … Continue reading
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Winter in the garden.
We’ve neglected our garden over the past couple of months, as snow fell in November and it rains a lot here and it’s dark when we get home from work so there’s never an opportune time to check in with … Continue reading
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Garden report: Just imagine excited shrieking and jumping up and down.
This has just been one of those weeks, already, and I know I say that a lot but the contest last weekend made it so my sleep patterns are all wonky and since I have to do regular-person things now, … Continue reading
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Garden report: We have so much chard, and the threat of too many cucumbers.
Finally, thunder and lightning! I thought the air pressure had changed, because I’ve had a few bad nights in a row now where I’ve woken up terrified, haunted by bad dreams of the worst kind. The cat is screwy too, … Continue reading
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Garden report: Of course you want to hear more about radishes!
Ordinarily, I would make a grand fuss out of accidentally deleting my last post, and perhaps I will later when it comes time to re-write it. Nothing can tarnish my sparkly mood right now, however. I HARVESTED MY FIRST RADISHES! … Continue reading
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