Last week’s yield from our gardens…Don’t open your fruit stand yet. Damned squirrels. They can be blamed for the single peach– our fruit trees were loaded this spring! I know it sounds like the proverbial one-that-got away story. I should have taken photos! Those little trees did produce handsomely, and the squirrels enjoyed the hard,Continue reading “Fruit Harvest?…”
Category Archives: healthy eating
Seed
The Christmas tree has faded, jettisoned on the blueberry bed, composting itself. (When it isn’t rolling into our neighbor’s yard pushed by roaring winds.) The strings of lights are finally down and boxed. Even the Christmas cards full of smiling friends are tucked away. Why does it always feel darker after the holidays, even thoughContinue reading “Seed”
Oh Oh…IgG-o
Queen of Procrastination, I have avoided writing this post for 19 months A record? Hah. But now, after lying dormant, the Suburban Gardens blog entombed perhaps and clinging to a reed like a sleeping caterpillar, now emerges transformed! And from henceforth —- Wait, let me start at the beginning. Two summers ago, HUGE CHANGE ploppedContinue reading “Oh Oh…IgG-o”
Cornucopia
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWv2O_MDIqF/ This has not been a stellar year for the Simons gardens, as I may have mentioned before. And even so, EVEN SO, once you start really paying attention to what is growing in your yard it is amazing what there is there to eat. For instance, how about this. Scrolling through Instagram (cell phoneContinue reading “Cornucopia”
Lunch
Even in a suburban garden, you sometimes get to witness remarkable wildlife in action. Such was the case the other day when I turned around while feeding my chicks, to find a magnificent clean up operation going on. Maybe I just identify with beings that stuff their mouths. I really do likeContinue reading “Lunch”
Snubby
Sunday night I sat rocking a chicken on the swinging bench after a busy day and a busy week, feeling guilty. Edward had found her squatting on the run floor that morning, and when we came to remove her from the rest of the flock that night it was obvious that she was on herContinue reading “Snubby”
WHO Says?
This is a blog about gardening, growing you own food in a suburban setting. Creating your own food stream. Today we spend a minute or two on the why of gardening, on the larger picture of what we eat, and why, and who says so. It’s all my pediatrician’s fault. I sat in the pediatrician’sContinue reading “WHO Says?”
Suburban Growing 