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Late in the Game
When last heard from, Inconstance was feeling rather insouciant about execution of garden plans. Whatever, she claimed was her approach to the garden now. Something would grow. The harvest would yield something—probably too much of it. Well, guess again. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Garden, Summer
Tagged asparagus, blazing star (Liatris spicata), carrots, cucumbers, eggplant, late season planting, peas, pest prevention, rabbits, raised beds, romaine, scallions, vole, weeds, zinnia
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The Whatevers
When last heard from, Inconstance had thrown up her hands about trying to keep up with any orderly approach to the vegetable gardening project, and decided on “Whatever” as the best strategy. “Whatever” can be a perilous path. Especially if it includes visiting the garden store in a car. Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Plants
Tagged antisemitism, ao shiso, arugula, asparagus, beet, borage, broccoli, Brooklyn Grange, carrot, Cicero, cilantro, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, garden store, Gaza, immigrants, marigold, martial law, MooDoo, nightshade, peas, pepper, raspberry, romaine, scarlet runner bean, tomato, Ukraine, zinnia, zucchini
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Best Laid Plans
If there is one thing I need to let go of, it is the obsession with meticulous planning. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Garden, Plants, Spring
Tagged asparagus, borage, coneflower, eggplant, French tarragon, garden planning, germination, groundhog, grow lights, hollyhock, lavender, lemon verbena, lettuce, low-bush blueberry, monthly garden tasks, no-till gardening, peas, raspberry, seed catalog, seed starting, seeds, sweet potato, vegetable garden, zucchini
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Falling Behind
Every year before this one, fall has come like a kind of reprieve. All those tasks still undone turn moot. Weeds keel over and expire of their own accord. Way too late to plant more veggies; sigh of relief there. The rodent marauders have done pretty much all the visible damage they can manage, and I happily leave the overweening hosta to them. But not this year. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged aronia, beans, climate change, elderberry, fall, frost, garden tasks, garlic, hakonechloa, landscaping fabric, lemongrass, lettuce, Michelle Obama, mulch, pandemic, peas, plants, sage, seed catalog, shallots, snow peas, weeds
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The Department of You Think You’ve Got Problems
Every once in a while, I learn something that puts my problems into perspective. There are degrees of bad. There’s too much rain in one week, for example, and there’s the Greenland ice cap melting. There’s a very dry June, and there’s the Dixie wildfire and then the Caldor wildfire. But let me take you halfway round the globe and invoke the experience of my friend R. Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, Bali, basil, bush beans, cabbage moth, carrots, chard, downy mildew, Heliconia, houseplants, late planting, lettuce, Monstera, peas, pest prevention, pests and problems, plants, rabbit, radishes, shiso, snakes, woodchuck
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