by Daisy | Mar 31, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
Now that we are safely on this side of winter I can make a few observations about the surprise survivors of the coldest winter in our area in 20 years. First up, kiwi. Last year I planted fuzzy kiwi, Actinidia chinensis ‘Vincent.’ Fuzzy kiwi, unlike hardy...
by Daisy | Mar 25, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
While I was on a walk yesterday I made the discovery of an intact bale of straw put out for curb collection. Naturally I hurried home to get the station wagon to pick up my new friend. I stopped the car and got out, ready to grab him and run. When I bent down to pick...
by Daisy | Mar 19, 2014 | Bugs & Critters, Garden
Does a hard winter kill off insect pests? Every time there is a particularly cold winter with a lot of below-freezing temperatures, one comment I hear is from folks hoping at least it will kill off the bad bugs. By the same token, when the winter is especially mild,...
by Daisy | Mar 15, 2014 | Main Dishes, Recipes
Not to complain, but recipe posts are some of the hardest. If you blog, you may understand. Having to stop multiple times in the middle of cooking to arrange and photograph, wiping messy hands for the camera, trying to stir or pour or slice and shoot at the same time...
by Daisy | Mar 9, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
I don’t know if this would have been true of me as a young single, but nowadays all it takes to make my heart go pitter patter is to say the words compost + sifter. Actually, just compost will do. Especially finished compost. Smelling salts, please, and a fan....
