Frost Warning

Frost

Frost Warning tonight. Busy day after a busy Thanksgiving weekend.  Wanted to can some apple butter and apple sauce, but instead I spent naptime madly harvesting all remaining veggies from the garden: 3 green cabbages 1/2 dozen japanese eggplants of varying sizes 2-3 dozen peppers, green and purple, of varying sizes 3 over-sized zucchini 1 [...]

The Season Thus Far

It’s been a busy summer of gardening, harvesting, cooking and preserving.  This year is, for me, the most productive season I’ve ever had.  The early spring gave us an early summer which, in turn, gave us an early harvest.  The dry start was scary, but eventually gave way to an almost perfect schedule of rain [...]

Sunshowers on a Cloudy Day

It was a strange day of intermittent sunshowers. Capricious weather. Mercurial. Jeckyll-and-Hyde. The clouds would part, the sun would burst through, then the rain would come. It’s a lovely time to be outside, actually. The sunlight flashes off the dripping plants and leaves you too dazzled to do any …

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