“Wait. Let me get this straight. You want me to throw all this trash in your garden.” That’s what Melvin said when I asked him to cover my little fenced area with cardboard boxes and a pile of fallen limbs. I decided at the end of the growing season that I was going to break […]
Continue readingHappy New Year Turmeric!
According to Melissa Word, turmeric should be harvested when the leaves turn yellow; Dig it up, pull off the nubs, and plant the hairy pieces. Ok. Easy enough. But the leaves didn’t turn yellow until just before Christmas after a very cold snap. Between the cold, the rain, and the holiday, I didn’t make it […]
Continue readingBlack flies and earwigs and spiders, oh my!
What is it with us bipeds? One glimpse of a little creature that squirms, wriggles, or crawls about on numerous legs, and we lose our minds as we reach for swatters and brooms and spray bottles. We could really do a better job of choosing our battles. When we relocated to our current property we […]
Continue readingBag of goodies for sore muscles
In fair weather, I spend every weekend possible in my garden in the vain hope of catching up. That frequently means the old back and feet are complaining by Sunday evening. As I’ve been toying with making my own home cleansers and body care products, I happened upon a delightful and accessible collection of recipes […]
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