by Ivory Soap | Jul 6, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
Round One: White clover, FALSE DANDELION (thank you, commenters), purple clover, fleabane, narrow leaf plantain. I found this great site about plant uses called Eat the Weeds. Here are the files on each of these guys. White Clover, not poisonous in general. Also,...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 29, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
As I said before, our goats passed and we have been avoiding our yard. We don’t want to mow. And, if you’ve been on this site for a few years, you know that we LOVE plant and bug identification. I couldn’t catch the cool zebra-looking dragonfly with...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 22, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
Our book is now available in GERMAN. We are international, folks. If you speak German, this book is for you! It should be noted that the cover image of me with the goat was taken by DAISY. She is now an international cover photographer. She’s so fancy!...
by Daisy | Jun 21, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
For pure, childlike, visceral pleasure, no garden task beats digging potatoes. You stick a fork in loamy soil and tight-skinned, waxy nuggets of red and tan and gold and maybe even blue pop out and spill onto the surface. They dangle like baubles when lifted by the...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 21, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
RIGHT HERE! I have a new picture book, Beach House, from Chronicle. Didn’t the illustrator do an AMAZING job? How cute is that? And this? If you need the perfect summer book, I highly recommend this one by Amy June Bates…and me. Ha! Here are the reviews...
by Daisy | Jun 20, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
I was just over at my neighbor’s house and he mentioned in passing that the raccoons had stolen all his peaches. A cold chill ran up my spine. Actually it was a very warm, humid day and my clothes were plastered to my person, so I would have welcomed any sort of...
