Our lavender plant was completely flattened by two and a half feet of snow. The rosemary was splayed all over the ground as well. But the greens we planted last fall were unfazed and have bounced right back. Like these “Champion” collards, which received another dusting of snow last night.
I am always amazed how certain [...]
Entries Tagged as 'winter'
Can’t Kill These Greens
February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · garden
First Pancakes, Then Ice Skating
February 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · kids
With snow being cleared, the ice skating rink in the Smithsonian Institution’s Sculpture Garden finally reopened yesterday. Daughter invited friends to walk a little over a mile over not-entirely-shoveled sidewalks to the rink. But first, they sat down to pancakes. Marion Cunningham, in The Breakfast Book, says, “This basic pancake tastes better than all the others [...]
Blizzard of ‘10: More Snow Scenes
February 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blog
People are actually trying to dig out their cars and drive. Crazy. It’s another day for walking. The sun was shining, we ate out for lunch. A glorious day–if you didn’t have to shovel. We’re so glad we did all that yesterday.
Tags: District of Columbia·winter
Blizzard of ‘10
February 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blog
The Washington, D.C., area was hit with a blizzard for the ages last night. We spent most of the night shoveling. Not just the walkways–the roof as well. The city is shut down. Here are a few photos–with about 20 inches on the ground and snow still flying–from13th and Euclid Streets NW.
When this happens, we [...]
Tags: District of Columbia·winter
Why We Own Full-Sized Sheet Pans
January 31st, 2010 · No Comments · kids
Time For An Indoor Market?
January 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Sustainability
How do you keep the cider hot when the mercury reads 20 degrees and the wind is gusting 40 miles per hour?
Today was the first day of winter season hours for the Dupont Circle farmers market here in the District of Columbia. Most markets in our area closed shortly after Thanksgiving and won’t be open [...]
The Show Must Go On!
December 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Blog
The Washington Chorus was missing an organist for its annual candlelight Christmas performance at the Kennedy Center yesterday afternoon. They tried to fly one in from Canada, but he reportedly was held up at customs. An even more last-minute replacement from the D.C. area was snowed in.
“So I will be trying to play the organ,” [...]
Tags: District of Columbia·snow·winter
Blizzard of ‘09
December 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog
A low pressure system moving up the Atlantic coast creates perfect conditions for a huge dump. We are expecting up to two feet of snow in the Washington, D.C., area between now and tomorrow morning. In other words, plan to be indoors. We will be working on leftovers. Can you say, “turkey soup?”
Snow Harvest
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · garden
We had our first snow this week here in the District of Columbia, a couple of inches of heavy wet stuff. A quick inventory of the garden shows that while some of our greens got knocked back a bit, most of our cruciferous vegetables were hardly fazed. Yesterday, in fact, with the temperature hovering around [...]
Winter’s Revenge
March 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Leigh Hauter said he never saw it coming.
“I didn’t realize it was getting that cold,” he said of the afternoon the Big Freeze descended. “We went for a walk and the water in the boiler was already frozen.”
The wood-fired boiler in question is the one that heats farmer Hauter’s greenhouse and his thousands [...]
Tags: Bull Run Farm·chickens·eggs·greenhouse·seed starting·spring·winter
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, one mile from the White House.
