The Shadow of Things to Come
Yesterday’s weather was pretty much perfect…a nice break after several days of rain and gray. It makes me look forward to the many meals we will eat outside in the coming months.We were beginning to...
View ArticleDining Alfresco
All of a sudden it’s summer (or so the weather is telling leading us to believe)! So, this weekend we took the grill out of storage and have been eating our meals outside. Our first outdoor meal of the...
View ArticleSummer Wind, Shifting Sails
It’s funny how once the weather warms up, my focus so quickly gets diverted from all of our unfinished indoor projects, to all of our unfinished outdoor projects. One of our recent indoor priorities...
View ArticleEating Outdoors Again!
Yesterday (and so far today), we’ve had a break from the constant rains that have been plaguing (uh, I mean, blessing) the east coast. So, last night, we ate dinner outside for the first time in quite...
View ArticleBack Yard = Work-In-Progress
Since the weather has been warm recently, and our thoughts are returning to gardening and outdoor projects, I thought I would get the internets up-to-date on our back yard progress previous to this...
View ArticleA Bit of Progress in the Backyard
We took advantage of the essentially perfect weather over the past few weekends, to make a bit of headway in the backyard. Tim put in wood edging around the center area that will eventually be planted...
View ArticleWhat’s Coming Up
Here’s a quick peek at what’s coming up in our vegetable garden so far… Seedlings: cucumber, butternut squash, watermelon (not pictured), kale (not pictured), cabbage, Brussels sprouts & broccoli…...
View ArticleStarts of Spring
It was a long, hard winter here, but now there’s no denying it — it’s finally spring (finally!). This will be our second year growing garlic. In the fall of 2009, we started by planting several heads...
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