Note to self: you planted onions inside the veggie garden, against the fence where the peas were last year. Remember…
First of Asparagus
You say it is the 25th of March? No, today is the First of Asparagus. It follows closely on the…
Spring planting
There are broccoli seedlings under the cloches, and right in front of them (too fragile to see) are little leeklets. …
Springing
It is springing. Camellias are tight pink buds, and bloom swiftly in the warmth of the house. Daffodils are up…
The Enemy
Bindweed roots. Found them in a layer of soil on top of a piece of landscape fabric that was protecting…
Starting Seeds
Began the late winter ritual tonight, with one small laborer. I was management.
Straight Lines
It was seventy degrees today, and I spent the morning laying out the planting beds at the Cedar Ridge Farm…
Thaw
Fifty degrees on Valentine’s day, a gift to all the worms and birds and squirrils and people from mother nature,…
Seed Order
Here is the 2011 seed order list: Broccoli “Early Purple Sprouting”Cucumber “Solly Beiler”Cucumber “Marketmore”Huckleberry “Chichiquelite”Ground CherryKale “Blue Curled Scotch”Leek “Giant…
Eating meat from the garden
Wendell Berry famously wrote that “eating is an agricultural act.” Once you begin to think of food as the product…
A Gardener's Lot 