The season of mud gets longer
We woke up to 45* temperatures this morning. Winter was short this year.
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This is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. It is also an opportunity for its writer to vent about much that ails her. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes." --Cicero
About Me
- El
- A city girl who realized upon the birth of her daughter that life is entirely too short to spend on 1/12th of an acre, she now digs up her weeds (usually with a pick) on 5.
Tips for living a la Alice Waters:
Eat locally and sustainably
Eat seasonally
Shop at farmers' markets
Plant a garden
Conserve, compost and recycle
Cook simply
Cook together
Eat together
Remember food is precious
from The Art of Simple Food, New York: Clarkson Potter, 2007
Eat seasonally
Shop at farmers' markets
Plant a garden
Conserve, compost and recycle
Cook simply
Cook together
Eat together
Remember food is precious
from The Art of Simple Food, New York: Clarkson Potter, 2007
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This weedpuller can be reached at fastweedpuller at gmail dot com.
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- Rare Asian vegetable seeds
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2 comments:
I hear you. It was almost 60 here yesterday and will be in the mid-50s all week, not even going below freezing at night. I don't mind though. I actually still have some yarrow blooming beside the house.
To say such things is to temp the fates.
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