Oh, and there was a skunk in our henhouse eating eggs all of last weekend, too. But that’s not technically the garden, even if he did stank up the garden on the night he was discovered robbing the eggs. We are eating giant mixed green salads every night at dinner, which is really fabulous, but… Continue Reading
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This Week in the Garden – mid-June: strawberries and wild turkeys
I’m a little tardy with this week’s garden update. JR and I took a very quick trip to North Carolina, stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast, ate outstanding North Carolina-style pulled pork (in vinegar and crushed red pepper sauce) and Brunswick stew, then hoofed it around Pinehurst No. 2 for the final day of the men’s… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden: Early June
Perfect spring days are like hallucinogens. Hallucinogens that I am happy to take, even while our perennial gardens’ progress is proof positive that this spring has been less than kind. Our southern New England growing season has been set back slightly, a result of the brutal winter, and the still occasionally brutal spring. But a… Continue Reading
Crème Fraiche-Chive Smashed Potatoes
Could it be? Has spring finally sprung? It’s hard to know, but there are glimmers of hope. Today, at least, there are glimmers. One has to be encouraged by 50-something degree temperatures two days after a nor’easter blows through, doesn’t one? Last weekend, during a one-day warm up, the chickens and I were finally able… Continue Reading
Latest Obsession: Ticks, and the Destruction Thereof
The garden is a lovely place to relax, do a little bit of weeding, and find 3 ticks per half-hour walking up your legs. They are also partial to setting up camp on this orange watering can, which is handy, for they are easily drowned once there. Yep. Ticks. And the destruction thereof. They (and… Continue Reading