From commentor Marvel: It’s been a mild Winter here in the Pacific Northwest, but it’s still a little early to be out there mucking about. We’ll throw some ceremonial (sacrificial) potatoes in the ground tomorrow in our yearly ritual and I’ll probably sow some peas next week, but we’ve got at least another month before …
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Sunday Morning Open Thread: Gardening Dreams
. All the snow that Washington DC didn’t get at the end of the week ended up here in lovely New England, ten to twelve heavey wet inches of it right on top of our little homestead. The good part is, this being March, quite a lot of it melted away on Saturday; the less …
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Early Morning Open Thread: February Blues (Spring Dreaming Antidote)
. . For us gardeners, February is prime dreaming season — planning this year’s garden, seed-starting, or (if you’re lazy/skill-challenged, like me) ordering the tomato plants! And I’m guessing this has to be good news, right? In response to a White House petition that drew more than 65,000 signatures, the director of the Office of …
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Early Morning Open Thread: Shine Brighter
. . . Happy Twenty-Thirteen, everybody! In my tin-eared opinion, this is somewhat less nihilistic than last year’s World Go Boom, but still not as much fun as 2009’s Blame It on the Pop. My creaky desktop is gradually collapsing in fits & (non)starts, and the replacement is stuck in “I know I put that …
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Provisions
__ From faithful correspondent Marvel: We’ve given up any pretense in the summer garden: I finally dismantled the plastic-covered cabana I had foolishly constructed around the last of the vigorous tomato plants…seems I do this every year, thinking I can squeeze out a few more vine-ripened beauties before our first Oregon frost. Never happens — …
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: All Fall Down
From faithful commentor Marvel: It’s Fall clean-up time in the Pacific Northwest: pulled out the spent corn stalks and old pole beans on Thursday; Friday I packed the newly-cured potatoes for cold storage and rebuilt the soil in one of the raised beds (getting ready to plant next year’s garlic). Today we pulled up the …
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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Cordial
__ In celebration of the ABL/CWG2012 DNC Road Trip, from faithful commentor Marvel: May the harvest be upon you! It sure is harvest-y here in the Pacific Northwest! We make a lovely liquor out of these tart, blue plums. I like how the liquid (which starts out looking like sea critters submerged in weak coffee) …