The Farmers’ Market is Exploding

Phew. That was a waste of two days off. Except for the trip I made to the farmers’ market, I didn’t get much of anything else accomplished. The heat (80s) coupled with the humidity (80%) just sucked the ever-loving life out of me and I moved around here like a little old lady, wishing I [...]

Past, Present, Future—All Here and Now

My feet are still wet from my little morning walkabout with the camera. Everything is sodden and dripping and rich with the sound of crickets. I got up before Lila and had my first cup of Love Buzz coffee, breezed through my feed reader and then answered the call of the foggy, still morning. I [...]

I Need the Right Conditions to Grow

I’m sitting here at my extremely cluttered computer desk, listening to the rain (rain again!) and the birds and the rolling thunder. In about ten minutes I have to get up and make lunches, shower, wake the bean up and get her dressed and then head to work. It’s all I can do to not [...]

One Local Summer 2007, Week 5, Success and Failure

This weekend is filling up with hefty to-dos, so I decided to get my OLS meal made last night before I escaped out the door of my messy house to the harmony singing group I joined. That was probably a mistake. So was setting about the project without a plan, a recipe or the necessary [...]

Vermont Cranberry Beans—I Didn’t Plant Enough

I’m coming up on the end of July here, and haven’t manged to get many of my late crops planted. I did get beets, kale and collards in, and they’re in need of some thinning. I’m hoping I can transplant a bunch of the seedlings into my greens boxes for winter. My favorite shell beans, [...]

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