by Daisy | Aug 6, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Huh? Spil what? It’s a real thing. I’ve got some growing in my vegetable garden, right at one end of the pepper patch, not to confuse you–it’s not in the capsicum family. It’s its own thing, a medicinal herb I selected because the seed...
by Daisy | Jul 26, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
There it was, at the feed store. A small eggplant seedling in a black plastic pot. The first rule in edible gardening, in my opinion, is only grow what you like to eat. Having had more than my share of bad eggplant experiences, I’m a little put off by the...
by Daisy | Jun 4, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
The winter before last, I cut all the blackberry canes nearly to the ground in the misguided understanding that they would recover in time to produce the following summer. They didn’t. In retrospect, I should only have cut the canes which had borne fruit that...
by Daisy | Jun 1, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
I have it on good authority that this is actual, real squash: It ‘s a White Lebanese. Maybe the wedding tent is working. Time will tell. I’m hand-pollinating any female blossoms I see and I haven’t witnessed any squash pest attacks so far. Of...
by Daisy | May 31, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Last year I built a Top Bar Beehive and waited impatiently for a swarm of bees to admire my construction and lay claim to it. Well, I didn’t really think that would happen (???), but I was hoping to get a call from the local beekeepers association with a swarm...
by Daisy | May 7, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
I have certain items which, when lost or broken, I have difficulty replacing. I’m specifically thinking now of items in my kitchen drawer, aka The Drawer. For example, I’ve needed a new set of measuring cups for literally YEARS now and only recently got...
