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Thai Basil Pesto (and tomatoes)
There is so much going on in the garden it is hard to write a post on a recipe instead of the daily harvest. But I have to at least show you some tomato photos before I start picking them. … Continue reading
Posted in garden, recipe, Uncategorized
Tagged gardening, Paul Robeson tomatoes, pesto, thai basil, thai basil pesto, tomatoes, vegetable gardening
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Potatoes and Pests
When I started gardening seriously a few years ago, a friend gave me a stack of books on organic gardening. I was especially interested in the one on preventing and treating for insects. I waited for bugs to appear and … Continue reading
Posted in garden, St. Joseph, the Farm
Tagged Colorado potato beetles, gardening, growing potatoes, organic gardening, pests eating potatoes, pocket gopher, potatoes
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My Two Husbands
I finished reading Second Nature by Michael Pollan last night and I will miss it. In fact, I’ll probably keep it by my bed for late-night reading in the winter. It’s a tour de force of thinking about Americans and … Continue reading
Posted in garden, poetry, reviews, the Farm, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged American landscape, cultivation, Denise Levertov, gardening, Landscape, marriage, Michael Pollan, poetry, prairie, romanticism, Second Nature, wilderness
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Nature is Culture
The thesis of Michael Pollan’s Second Nature, it seems to me, is that Americans live in a constantly uneasy relationship between nature and culture. Their relationship to the land: from visions of true wilderness (which exists only in the imagination) … Continue reading
Posted in garden, the Farm
Tagged blueberries, cultivating, gardening, Michael Pollan, native plants, nature, raspberries, Thoreau, vegetable gardening, weeding, weeds, wilderness
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Water
Last night we had our first real “extreme weather” of the season. No tornado, but winds up to 70 mph, and 3-5 inches of rain in the space of a few hours. This morning, it was easy to see which … Continue reading
Posted in garden, St. Joseph, the Farm
Tagged drip irrigation, easy garden irrigation, garden, garden irrigation, gardening, hoses for drip irrigation, irrigation, storm erosion
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Tomatoes
This is the most anxious time in the garden. This year feels especially fraught. In May we have had a record low temperature (14 degrees on May 2) and a record high (96 degrees on May 15). And it is … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, growing tomatoes, tomato protection, tomatoes, vegetable gardening, wall-o-water
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Fruitfulness
Here is that photo of the prairie from May 9th. It is hard to believe how fast the green starts to assert itself after a burn. I do love the look of this photo with the paths running through it. … Continue reading
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Tagged apple trees, blueberries, gardening, planting, prairie, prairie burn, raspberries, strawberries, wildflowers
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