On my tour of the garden this afternoon I finally resigned myself to the demise of my little bed of mache. It had survived the winter, but it was being overtaken by the dratted chickweed. I fetched my stirrup hoe and started digging. But lo and behold! It was like Moses parting the Red Sea. […]
I am sitting in my kitchen, staring at a bunch of starlings pecking at my vegetable beds. I’m feeling a bit paranoid, because last spring I watched birds very much like these descend on my vegetable beds and attack my emerging bean and cucumber plants. I went out to the garden to see what the […]
Tags:garden·spring·vegetables
I’ve been commiserating with Kevin over at Seriously Good about not having enough hours in the day for cooking and writing and working. Well here’s a news flash: It’s Spring, and food needs to be planted. What you’re looking at here is a view north on our corner lot in the District of Columbia. I […]
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