by Daisy | Jul 18, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews
This is a book I’m ashamed to admit I only recently read. The Unsettling of America was published in 1977, which means I could have read it as a child, again as a teenager, a young adult, and many times throughout my adulthood, and it would have probably changed...
by Daisy | Jul 13, 2016 | Barnyard, Other Critters
English Angora rabbits in the US south–how does that work? I’m a new rabbit mom, having only adopted our bunnies this spring, so figuring out how to keep woolly critters comfortable in the heat has been an experimental effort this summer. They have an...
by Daisy | Jul 5, 2016 | Garden, Plants & Uses
Culantro, Eryngium foetidum, is very distinct from cilantro, in spite of having a similar name. It does have a similar flavor and scent. Close your nose, though, and from its appearance, you would never confuse the two plants. In the same family as cilantro,...
by Daisy | Jun 28, 2016 | Conversation, Fencepost
If there’s one good thing about weeding, it makes the world slow down. You can’t work on the computer, or your phone. Unless you’re a bluetooth person. Nothing against bluetooth people . . . You can listen to music, but I don’t. Sometimes I...
by Daisy | Jun 26, 2016 | Conversation, Fencepost
This morning, after a couple of hours of weeding, I was starving so I decided to play one of my favorite games: Breakfast From The Yard. It’s exactly what it sounds like: See how much of my entire breakfast I could harvest out of my suburban yard. Garden...
