It was early April when I started limas, which is too late but I thought, why not? And since then an every day miracle is unfolding on my kitchen window sill. In just a few days, three lima bean seeds burst upward, out of the warmth and moisture provided by the useful repurposed plate warmerContinue reading “Renewed and Reborn”
Tag Archives: gardening
First Child
As the spring slooowly unfurls, taunting us with a few warm days only to plunge us down into the icy blasts, this first child of our garden reaches skyward on my window sill. I started the potato soaking in the beginning of February this time, thanks to a note in my calendar. The hardest partContinue reading “First Child”
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”
CEOs Grow their Own?
Salad greens picked this December morning – not that big a deal for a full-time grower, but we aren’t that. Edward and I struggle to fit gardening into our schedules. He is a CEO and I am a writer, when I am not everything else including landlord, which is my contribution to the cash flow.Continue reading “CEOs Grow their Own?”
November
“Suburban Farmers” – ordinary people growing their own food
Suburban Growing 