Garden Envy
For some reason (I suspect bad karma from letting too many tomatoes go bad in the fridge last summer), my winter garden has not…well, it hasn’t anything. It looks like a few scrawny seedlings propped up in the ground, even though I sowed the seeds in November. After talking with a few other gardener friends … Read more
Death in the Long Grass
This is a book by Peter H. Capstick, which, I confess, I’ve never read, although my father and younger brother both love it. No, in my mind it isn’t so much a title, but a spooky chant that echoes in my head every time I step into the back yard. Death in the long grass, … Read more
Lettuce Have a Moment of Silence
Not for anything you know, like, serious. My winter garden is far, far past its prime, and I’ve got to tear up the lingerers. The sad thing: I don’t know if you can see the little reddish bits in the background, but those are my red-leaf lettuce seedlings, looking super-scrumptious. But I just learned that … Read more
Sequoia Weeds
As promised, a photo of my mini-garden. It is confined to planter boxes for the time being, but we have plans to expand into the back lawn. That’s the flattering angle of my “garden.” From the other direction, scary. The arugula is just screaming for attention–it’s in the far planter, crowded, insisting on space, and … Read more
