Peeling back a layer of our compost pile this morning to deposit some kitchen scraps I was hit with a blast of heat. “I wanna see the steam! I wanna see the steam!” daughter shouted when I returned to the house to tell what was happening in our garden. She approached the compost pile warily, […]
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The District of Columbia is in the grip of a weather system that has perpetrated days on end of miserable, drizzly rain and temperatures 20 degrees below normal. The earth is soaked. Flood watches have been issued. We huddle indoors and drink hot tea. Meanwhile, our garlic is undeterred. Little does it know that months […]
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Remember I threatened to be eating salad at every meal? Here was a quick lunch we really enjoyed: salad greens gathered from the garden and dressed with our favorite vinaigrette, next to a Swiss cheese omelet and slab bacon we brought home from the butcher on our trip to Red Bank, New Jersey. The sliced […]
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