First thaw brings a minor miracle to the garden: the greens we planted last fall are bouncing back. Mizuna, mustard, collards, tat soi. They are soaking up the sun and putting on new growth. But not for long. After their long winter nap, what these plants want to do is replicate. So they quickly elongate […]
This was the scene yesterday entering the Smithsonian Sculpture Garden ice rink on the mall here in the District of Columbia. Notice the grass. And here’s the same view January 24, following our historic snowstorm. What a difference a few weeks makes. Daughter and friends got up early for skating and needed a hearty breakfast. So […]
May 2009, with eight inches of rain, was the sixth wettest on record here in the District of Columbia. There were times we weren’t sure we were going to have a harvest this season. The eggplants are still a bit stunted. We’ve seen rot on the squashes. But the tomatoes have not been deterred. It […]
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