Saturday, December 22, 2007

Time for a move

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Hello everyone, Please update your information. I know it is a pain, and I apologize. I have moved shop over to here: http://fastgrowthewe...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Greenhouse statistics

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Cold day atop Mont Merde: the greenhouse is MUCH taller than it appears in this picture Many have asked, so here it goes: Coldframe, high ...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Greenhouse in the plural

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Tasty but rare Getting the coffee going this gray, ugly morning, my husband and I were discussing full-spectrum lights. It seems one of ou...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Moving away from this site

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Hey, I need some input from you non Blog**er people out there. Where should I go, type8pad, word8press? I am looking to free sites, so any...
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Monday, December 17, 2007

Orcharding, or, Greater Field Domination

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Soon, poor neglected tree, I will bring you friends! 'Tis the time of year for lots of planning. Right now, I am planning my first orch...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

More on seed-saving

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Very dear to me The tone of my most recent post was rather flip. Granted, I do cast a jaundiced eye on most of the world, particularly the...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

On seeds and seed-saving

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'Mama, these flowers don't smell': the kid with the parsnip umbrels last spring: as you can see, I'll have enough parsnip se...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

On seasonal food preferences

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Big bowl of yum When the days start getting shorter, I notice lots of changes in my habits. I'd like to think that moving to a farm and...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Gardening and the theory of Always

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Maybe next year If all these years of dirt-digging have taught me anything, the one thing I can definitely say is the word "Always...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Another non-gardening post

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Hey! Allow me a bit of spousely bragging. My husband's book came in as book #100 of Amazon's Best Books of 2007 ! My comment: ...
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Friday, December 07, 2007

This really should just be a garden blog...

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Not edible, but pretty ...but I seem to have other food-related interests, though, especially during the non-food-growing winter months. Co...
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Life in the batting cage

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Phyllis in a more lushly feathered phase The hawk (a hawk?) came back, and attacked poor Phyllis, our sole Ameraucana (blue/green egg layer)...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

On eating local in a Michigan December

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I'm so pretty: Treviso-type radicchio in the cold, cold ground Remember One Local Summer ? Well, one brave soul decided to continue th...
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Monday, December 03, 2007

Thoughts for Monday

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For $1.98 per seed pack, these too can be yours! "Eat responsibly. [E]ating is an agricultural act....(consumers of food) must underst...
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Friday, November 30, 2007

Garden Rant

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HEY dear readers! I am ranting today at Garden Rant. Go check it out. xoxo
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

On apostacy

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Me, outstanding in my (septic) field: view from Mont Merde Apostacy: from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt, from απο, apo, ...
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Floral wonder

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We had a HUGE dinner of just salad last night. It is getting mighty cold, so up came all the greenery that was still hanging on out in the ...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Girl in the plastic bubble

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View from my chair: yes, it's gray. It's winter in Michigan after all. Three o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday: I had finishe...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Winter slinks in, slinks back

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Penny loves the snow It was quite beautiful, looking out the steamy kitchen window on Thanksgiving day, watching those fluffy snowflakes fal...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

First snow

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Pauline and the guineas, unhappy with the white stuff First snow for the new chickens and guineas. The guineas were not pleased, and spent ...
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100 Mile Thanksgiving (burp)

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Whee! Loosen that belt! --Roasted butternut squash soup (my squash, veg stock, nonlocal butter and curry powder) --Salad from the greenhous...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Cheapo garlic

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Some naturalized cloves Have you planted your garlic yet? Like spring bulbs, garlic cloves are planted in the fall in this part of the world...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

On things going well in the garden

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Par-cel cutting celery and wildling garlic greens Two days in the garden can do wonders for one's spirits. (One's back, though? Ou...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

On the efficacy of tears

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Thank you all for your warm sentiments. I appreciated the cyber-hugs! Gardens, in the scheme of things, are nothing to cry over . I didn...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

On tears

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I did something yesterday that I never do. I cried. Yes, I am normally very much a tough cookie, and am not easily given over to much senti...
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