March 19, 2010
Radish
if you give me a raddish...
The vegetables of our labor
One of my favorite things to say about getting things accomplished is, “If you give me a radish, I can make a gourmet meal… but I’ve got to have at least that radish.” …more
February 7, 2010
squash, spinach, broccoli, and turnip
Day 6 and 7
Several weeks ago, I took these photos of the newborns. They all look the same but I had my son draw pictures and label each so we can keep track.
He must have heard me complain about snails and slugs so much that he created an ode to my favorite critters. …more
November 30, 2009
Eyesore
tomatoes
english parsley
The unexpected miracle
The first batch of tomato plants were fun. It was novel to pick a tomato and pop it in the mouth to taste the sweet tangy fruit. As the season progressed, there was a massive production of tomatoes every day. It was relentless. What really bothered me though was that the leaves were so ugly and smelled funny. So before the last tomatoes ripened, I uprooted and got rid of all ten plants, scraped up the fallen and rotting tomatoes that I could see under all those ugly leaves and slept very well that night. …more