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Fall and Other Sadnesses
The seasons are changing, summer running toward fall. It’s been cool here, cooler than I’d expect for September. I will miss the Contented Crafter in the coming months. Pauline, as many of you may have read in Alys’s lovely memorial … Continue reading
The Garden Produces
Boy the summer crops are coming fast and plentiful. I have more tomatoes than I’ve had for years–I think because I stopped trying to grow heirlooms. We have so much fungal disease in our soils, that the only way to … Continue reading
Growing and Donating
I have mentioned donating produce before, but haven’t shown what I do for the food pantry pick ups yet. There are three every week: one to an elementary school and two to churches. The other community garden, Four-Mile Run, chose … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Food, Other People's Gardens
Tagged donating food, summer gardening
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Early Summer Lushness
The garden is at that point where spring crops are mostly out, summer crops have gotten big and are beginning to bear, and everything looks lovely and lush. I just love this time with the seedlings coming up, the flowers … Continue reading
Updates with Old Pictures
Once again, I went to the garden without my camera. It’s a pattern these days. I have some old photos to share and will try to do better with the camera next time. I’m really pleased with where the garden … Continue reading
The Constant Gardener?
Goodness what a week. It started with a white woman threatening a black man with police for asking her to leash her dog in an area of Central Park reserved for birds and wild things. It ended with riots. In … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Food
Tagged current events, gardening, Plot Against Hunger, vegetables
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All That Beauty (Jazz Optional)
The garden has begun that crazy, lush, blooming green growth. Every year it amazes me. The irises and roses are in their glory, columbine have finished, and the holly blossoms are wafting their sweet scent through the air. The love-in-a-mist … Continue reading
A Lot of Music, a Little Gardening…
Today, one of my neighbors was walking up the steps toward the Metro playing a banjo. I heard it first and looked out the window. When I saw him, I opened the sash and gave him a shout. We laughed … Continue reading
A Neighborhood Walk
I Face Timed today with a friend in California. We have known each other since college, which means more than 40 years and seems kind of crazy. But while we were talking the sun came out here so I decided … Continue reading
First Planting
Today, I took an hour and a half after work to finish weeding the garden and to plant a few things. I’ve been eating lettuce from the cold frame much of the winter, and decided it was time to plant … Continue reading
