Today I picked a lot of herbs hoping to really use the summer’s growth instead of just the fraction I have in the past. It’s a bright sunny day in early November, and the little I know about herbs is that you should pick them in the morning, and on a dry day. During theContinue reading “November Herb Roundup”
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Authors, seeking publication of their book Embracing Chaos, The Whale was Just the Beginning of the Story
Ahhh – Renovated Chicken Run
A thing of beauty is a joy forever – look at that beautiful tidied chip yard! On Saturday I spent most of the day cleaning up the run and house for winter and for the addition of five 16 week old poulets to join our current flock of 8 laying hens. Eight is just notContinue reading “Ahhh – Renovated Chicken Run”
Lemon Lift
This is a Meyers Improved Lemon – it’s about 4 years old now. This summer it grew a bunch of lemons – (six?) – they are delicious and wonderfully fragrant. And there are more blossoms coming, so maybe we can keep this going all winter. Since the plant is inside now I will need toContinue reading “Lemon Lift”
November
Originally posted on Suburban Growing:
Fall garlic emerging November is here. The October garlic is in – most of it. We wish we had planted more. The pole beans are still producing. We wish we had planted more, way back in July, before we ran away from the August heat to a family vacation. The…
November
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Clucking in suburbia
As a child, I dreamed of chickens. When, after drawing up plans in my diary, I pitched the idea of a coop in our backyard at my mom’s bedside one Saturday morning, she only pleaded “Go back to bed!” Saturday morning was not the best time to choose, but the idea was pretty muchContinue reading “Clucking in suburbia”
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