I was given some cash for Christmas, and with it I bought my heart’s desire (or at least one of … More

We have woken up to snow three mornings in a row, and the ground is frozen solid.  But there are … More

…but I’m not that ambitious.  I like things that can be built in a day, or an hour and a … More

Noah loves raspberries, and so it seems only fair that he help me plant our newly arrived brambles.  We planted … More

I still think of November as a barren time, a month of jackets and the hiss of dry leaves skittering across … More

My mom used to send underperforming houseplants to the cellar to die.  Occasionally one came back from that purgatory, but … More

There was frost last night, and so the time had come for the cardoons to come down.   After their … More

One head of garlic, from One Straw Farm in Baltimore, via my CSA at Gorman Farm, to turn into eight … More

I have long desired to grow currants.  Not because of any virtue of the fruits, that I know of first … More