Monthly Archives: May 2012

Fox in the Compost or The Secret Life of the Garden

A friend of mine – Jason Pittman (Professor of Geosciences and co-conspirator in the http://dolookdown.org project) let me borrow one of those automatic trail cameras, and I set it up near the compost pile, hoping to catch a picture or … Continue reading

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Carrots by the Light of the Eclipse

I’ve never been very good at growing carrots.  I always seem to plant the wrong varieties in the wrong soil at the wrong time.  This year, however, the carrots have done surprisingly (given my track record) well. Yesterday evening, I … Continue reading

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Serpent!

The other day, I borrowed one of those automatic infrared trail cameras in an effort to capture a photo of the bear. I set it up out in the clear cut, thinking the bear would once again go for the … Continue reading

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Ancient Potatoes – Ozettes in the Garden

Potatoes occupy a lot of space in the garden, and this is one of the reasons that, until recently, I only planted them every 3 or so seasons.  Lately – and by ‘lately,’ I mean the last three years or … Continue reading

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