Oh, the joys of little girls in a garden! Yesterday afternoon we went outside and picked part of our dinner. Abigail and Michaela helped pick green beans. Elisabeth had more interest in eating the dirt, so I let her crawl down the driveway. Sometimes I forget about the garden – as I did with the […]
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Garden of dinner delights
August 5th, 2003 · Comments Off on Garden of dinner delights
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One tomato, two tomato, three tomato…
July 31st, 2003 · Comments Off on One tomato, two tomato, three tomato…
The first three tomatoes are in sight…two green tomatoes on my Stupice vine – a deer favorite – are finally tinged with red. And one little yellow orb, the fruit of the Peace Vine, is ready to be picked -it glows from a distance, like an ornament on a Christmas tree – yum! One of […]
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Dahlia update
July 29th, 2003 · Comments Off on Dahlia update
In our local paper on Saturday, there was a front page article about two brothers, ages 8 and 11, who have a dahlia stand on the island. I had driven past it many times but I did not know who Zack and Eli were. If you come visit me on the island, I will treat […]
Now growing….
July 25th, 2003 · 3 Comments
In keeping with the garden theme today, I thought, for my own fun, I would list what is growing in my garden patch (yes, even after deer dining!). Keep in mind that this is a small patch, 8 x 50 feet or so, so that the numbers of plants are limited…. Now growing in my […]
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Deer eat free
July 25th, 2003 · 2 Comments
That’s the sign I’m thinking of posting in our garden: “Deer eat free”. Of course, deer don’t need to read a painted sign in order to take an invitation. They’ve already helped themselves. In the mornings abrupt bare branches speak of midnight snacking. Tender stems stand bare, leaves and buds nibbled away. Although annoyed with […]
