March 2011

Hold My Hand, It’s Thinning Time

Garden

I have a hard time thinning seedlings, which is a particular problem because I also have an overseeding issue. To wit: Lettuce is one thing, beets are another.  Beets can’t be beets if they’re too bunched up together. So I’m taking pictures and you’re here with me, lending moral support in absentia. Here’s the before, [...]

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Asparagus Update

Garden

The asparagus has sprouted. I was worried I might fall over with excitement, but I remained upright and conscious, although I did gasp. They’re so cute. I’m such a girl. When I was a kid growing up with three brothers, “girl” was an insult.  I threw like a girl.  Whistled like a girl.  Cried like [...]

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Lawn Chemicals

Garden

I’m stepping onto my soapbox today, frustrated because I can’t enjoy the smells of Spring without the periodic stench of lawn chemicals.  I worry what they may be doing to my children, myself, you, and the environment. Frustrated because I fear a fight to control it would be an overwhelmingly quixotic scenario here in a [...]

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Know your produce for pesticides

Green Up

Poring over those gorgeous seed catalogs while my goats were ankle deep in snow made me dream of spring. Now it’s here, and it’s time to get serious about gardens. Since I’m the only gardener in the family, and I just delivered baby No. 4, I suspect that without the help of some generous friends, [...]

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Ginseng

Garden

It was winter. Like every year, I was beginning to forget what it felt like to be warm. I was going crazy for something involving dirt, planting, growing. Anything. So I planted ginseng. It was freezing cold, but I warmed up pretty fast hacking back the ivy and clearing out fallen limbs and twigs to [...]

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