by Daisy | May 26, 2010 | Fencepost, Flops
I told myself I wasn’t going to grow squash this year. I have chronicled my squash woes in previous posts, including here, wherein I sustained a SBRI. Every time I try to grow squash I end up sacrificing a gargantuan amount of my limited garden space only to...
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...
by Daisy | May 5, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
If I were restricted to only one garden plant (I was going to say vegetable but we all know what a kettle of fish the fruit-veg debate re tomatoes is) it would have to be the tomato. As I’ve mentioned before, we have three beds of them this year, that’s...
by Daisy | May 3, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Our broody has finally rejoined the flock. It took a good two months, but she seems fine and her comb is perking up and getting redder (it turned pink when she was broody and not laying). We never did anything to break her of it, and it turned out okay. I’ve...
by Daisy | Apr 23, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
When I’m working in the garden I use the same equipment over and over again. Some things I inherited, like my spade and my rakes (garden and leaf) and a menacing-looking yet elegantly effective pitchfork–the way it pierces a pile of composting leaves is...
by Daisy | Apr 19, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Every time I went to check for eggs one of my Buff Orpingtons was sitting in the same nest. At least that’s what I figured out after about three days of it. Same hen. Same nest. I would collect her egg and she wouldn’t leave. She was also more vocal and...
