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For shy people, finding ourselves prominently displayed in a newspaper can be unnerving. But Phyl Newbeck’s story on our evolving garden in the DYI section of the Burlington Free Press on June 26, 2012, treated us gently and gave us a chance to share a bit of what we’ve learned over the years.  Here […] Garlic recovered from its weather-beaten start and grows strong and healthy. Somehow the mild winter and abnormally early spring of 2012, while extremely pleasant, caused a severe case of writer’s block. Perhaps welcoming the end of the world with a lovely brunch on the deck in March (to paraphrase Peter Segal) created too […] Old seed storage system on left, new system in the middle and jars for the home-grown seeds on the right. ‘Tis the season of seeds!  A time to organize and order seeds for the up-coming season while other garden-related tasks are at a standstill and before the seed companies get too […] Chester and Baruk cozifying with the potted rosemary and cacti during a December snow storm. In June, when trees are in full leaf, flowers abound and breezes pass through the permeable boundary between indoors and out, I occasionally pause to remind myself that in less than six months all will be radically […] Transplants in peat pots ready for fall. August — the best of the summer months, when the weather more often than not cooperates for outdoor fun, the biting bugs diminish and the great season of bountiful harvests begins. But I can already feel the hours of daylight diminishing rapidly. Crickets now dominate the […] |