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 Ivory Soap | Jul 16, 2010 | Fencepost, Flops
Isn’t that beautiful? Corn, beans, tomatoes, watermelon… It’s my neighbors’. Which makes this even more shameful: Hideous Garden 101 Step 1: Buy goats and chickens. Step 2: Have only one fence dividing your backyard. Step 3: Have husband...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 24, 2010 | Drama, Fencepost
This has been a tough year for the Caswell farm. We’ve lost: Monty to a raccoon Baby chick #3 to the next door dog Spiky Hermit Crab to depression (never came out of his shell) And the other one to heaven-knows-what a couple of months later. And ten...
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...
