Tag: gardens
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Black Tulips
A steady pace kept us going all day. The Cadet and The Architect worked solidly on their projects. The gardens are clearing. Plants are being planted in anticipation of more rain. Many bedding plants were transplanted into the gaps discovered in the flower garden, herbs and cabbages and cucumbers planted in rows. For some reason we…
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Back to Busy – ness
I am off again. By the time you read this I will be in the air on the first of my three flights home. When I get home I will cut off my nails, pack away my good boots. Shoo the spiders out of my gumboots and begin again. The first order of business will…
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A garden in the city
Up the back of a lovely old house, on a hill in Mirimar, in Wellington, New Zealand – is a wild garden. Wild. You could get lost in this garden. So I did. (You can tell I am talking to my middle sister on the phone in that picture. My back is very straight. You have…
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The Omnivore’s Farm
Things are starting to wind down on the farmy in some ways. And wind up in others. The bulk of the apples and tomatoes and vegetables are in jars and in the cellar. The pears and apples are next in the crusher, not quite yet though. I have a lot of picking to do yet.…
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Burrs on my Boots
Well not really boots but like as not I am out in the fields wearing these little slippers, the slip on nature of slippers suits my lazy nature. Though I end up with multiple muddy pig-kisses to scrub off my legs before bed. The long hot days of summer argue with my gumboots. Though I…
The Kitchen's Garden 