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I lost that entire month. Don't ask me how! Here is how (I think?) I spent September: Cushaws and blooms: Peppermint zinnias in a friend's garden, and chocolate cherry sunflowers in mine. DELICIOUS. My corn was done producing, so I dried the cobs that never got ripe for ornamental use. The old stalks are ornamental… Continue reading September Passed Me By
August is hot and unrelenting; it's also the month I must work outdoors. My whole month is consumed by County Fair: prep, its running, its dramas, take down, and recovery. It's been over almost a week but I haven't even begun to recover. The week before Fair, a dangerous windstorm blew a large recycling can… Continue reading In late summer, I burn out.
MY CSA SHARE STARTED FOR THE YEAR!! Just trust me on this: Slice up a raw radish and eat with high-quality salted butter. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT COBBLERS! Weekly fresh strawberries have been a dream: Last year we ripped out the backyard sod and seeded a non-flowering clover, to fill in the lawn (after mowing… Continue reading A few minor announcements …
Lots of early spring plants are flowering on the East Coast so their stinky pollen fills the air. It's worth it to see some color on the trees, I think: Also: Happy National Poetry Month! On the first day of spring, my order of heirloom seeds arrived: It just so happened that during the first… Continue reading Blossom Season
We had a late April frost and then an early May heatwave, so the first TWO rounds of my sprouts for raised bed veggies were toast. I had to start over so many times it felt like I'd never get to eat out of my garden this summer. Then came the "Sturgeon Moon," and my… Continue reading Bearing Fruit
Laura Eppinger 