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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Grape Juice the Color of a Jewel
This season has been terrible for most summer annuals – tomatoes, peppers, squash, and the like – but fantastic for the small fruits in the garden. Blueberries, gooseberries, lingonberries, and currants have all been ridiculously productive, and I even harvested … Continue reading
Ramps Probably Won’t Grow Here
New seeds arrived in the mail yesterday from Seedman.com. Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis),Chinese Leeks (Allium tuberosum rottler), Juneberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), and Ramps (Allium tricoccum). I believe I’m way outside the natural range of ramps, and I have no doubt that … Continue reading
Of Claimers and Disclaimers and Wild Plants
I’m reading Samuel Thayer’s excellent guide to edible wild plants, Nature’s Garden. Not only is it a lovely book, full of wonderful photos and informative text, but the very first pages, consisting of a Warning followed by a Claimer (as … Continue reading
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Seeding Fall and Winter Vegetables
Seeds planted today: Broccoli (Calabrese) Mustard (Gai Choy/Giant Red Mustard) Collards (Georgia) Kohlrabi (Early White Vienna) Arugula (Rocket Salad/Coltivata Do Orto) Egyptian Spinach – Molokheiya (Corchorus olitorius) Lettuce (Black Seeded Simpson, Paris Island Cos, Bibb and Red Oak Leaf) Ruby … Continue reading
Foraging vs. Harvesting
I like foraging (which here I’ll define as wandering around the garden, picking this and that and eating it) much better than I like harvesting, which usually is usually a hot, mosquito-ridden endeavor that involves a bowl, bucket or some … Continue reading
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Of Butterflies and Bulbils
Instead of making seeds, shallots, like some other Alliums, produce bulbils – essentially tiny little shallots – at the end of their flower stalks. The heavy cluster of bulbils at the end of the long flower stalk will eventually fall … Continue reading
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Shower Time for the Red-breasted Nuthatch
This Red-breasted Nuthatch and its partner (parent? child? mate?) spent quite a while enjoying the gentle overhead sprinkler this morning. This one sat on a pole bean support directly underneath the falling water, preening and cleaning, and the other, inspired … Continue reading