YES, HERE IS ANOTHER PRODUCE PIC Fine, the above-pictured six tomatoes is not “sooooo” many, but you should see the plants! Also, six is more than I generally buy in one shopping session. So far we’ve made chili, tomato sauce, stuffed peppers, and BLTs, and frankly, I like to eat the heirlooms in big fat … More Sooooo Many Tomatoes
SPOILERS I was driving home today, enjoying a little college radio in the truck. The song ended and the DJ talked about it for a bit, then did a quick news break about what failed garbage our president and Senate majority leader are up to at the moment, and then: “So on Game of Thrones … More Spoiler Theatre of the Mind
NOT REALLY SICK Weird migraine today. I did not know my headaches were migraines until my eye doctor informed me. Funny — you’d think I would know. But then, humans can be good at health denial. I can absolutely verify through family and friend experience that downplaying or denying health issues is considered emotionally tough, … More Can You Even Handle This Blossom End Rot
Last night I had the type of dreams that make me suspect that months ago, a rabid bat bit me sometime in the night and the virus is just now beginning to roar through me. Seriously, brain? Flatbread in the sink? City camp, in duplexes and converted Victorian houses, surrounded by gravestones of past campers? … More My Garden is Too Herbalicious
The garden is going wild! Warning for gratuitous pictures of veg, and chicken wire to discourage the bizarrely nonchalant (and evil) local rabbits. I’m so proud of these wee babies! These pics are a bit old. Asparagus and beans are a lot larger and more spread out now. The squash is massive. Tomatoes are attempting … More Gardening semi-success, part 1.5
As a new and mostly hands-off (ha. Ha. HA riiiiight) gardener, I have some trouble telling flower seedlings from weeds, so I’m always nervous about what I should pull and what I should leave alone. But even I could tell something was not right here: There was initially a flowers-only garden plot in front of … More Gardening fail, part two
I know you are all fascinated to know! Lately it’s been documentary time in the house. Not sure if our hormones are affecting our decisions, or vice versa, but we chose as many sad* things as we could. American Experience: Ruby Ridge (2017). Want to know more about this colossal screwup/horrorshow that is now an … More More Things I Am Watching
THE GARDEN, OH THE GARDEN I spent most of the weekend finishing the shoveling of dirt into garden boxes digging in a ring around a maple tree sticking bricks in the tree ring shoveling dirt into the tree ring staring perplexedly at the absolutely wild amount of dirt remaining shoveling dirt into a wheelbarrow, and doing … More I Work Hard and I Play Hard
GARDENING, cont. Filled 3 garden boxes today and my arms feel good. Tomorrow brings the start of three days of rain. So the remainder of black dirt is now covered with silver tarps, and so shall it remain until either the rain stops (and I come up with a good place to put it after … More Daily Unknowables
A and I split childcare duties this weekend so I could hack up the shrubbery. We have three giant lilacs behind our garage, and true to form for the house’s previous owners (avowed non-gardeners who hired landscapers), they look like they’ve been running rampant and free for at least a few years. I sawed and lopped … More Easter Weekend Gardening
