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‘Tis the Season
Deck the counter with peppers and potatoes, fa la la la la, la la la la.Beans, and corn and ripe tomatoes. Fa la la la la, la la la la. It’s the most wonderful time of the year for gardeners.… Continue reading
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Prepping for Corn
When the corn starts taseling, the Boss starts drooling. It means the time is near — Sweet Corn Season! When corn season hits, that’s all he will eat for dinner the entirety of the season. His goal is a 300-ear… Continue reading
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Marathon May
May is a butt kicker of a month for gardeners. Yes, I know it is June and that is my point. We were already rolling in abundance when we completed our eastward migration. YES! Cold frames filled with spinach. Three… Continue reading
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Fall-ing
“I’ve got my work cut out for me.” — The most common refrain you’ll hear this time of year around these parts. It’s busy. Everyday, putting up food. It’s bushel season. Everything is coming in extra large amounts. Apples, pears,… Continue reading
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Copious Corn Consumption
Corn. That’s what happening around here. The Boss has been waiting for this all year. He’s been carefully planning since browsing the seed catalog in February. Three hundred seeds. Three hundred opportunities for bi-colored deliciousness. You know corn season is… Continue reading
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The Robin Whisperer
It started a few years ago when the robins built a nest in our pear tree. Dum dums. It’s not that we don’t like robins, it’s just that the birds built their nest too low. Too low for what? Snakes.… Continue reading
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Panic Gardening
Apparently I’m not alone in feeling a special urgency about gardening this year. Toilet paper isn’t the only thing people are hoarding; seeds are also flying off the shelves. All of a sudden, everyone is a gardener. Fortunately, like the… Continue reading
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Planning for Abundance
We migrated back to the Eden of Garden three weeks later than usual this year. This typically would not be a big deal to me — May in the UP sucks. May in the UP is like going back in… Continue reading
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Willy-nilly
Willy-nilliness will absolutely not be tolerated in the Eden of Garden. And this is a source of many a tense moment between the Boss and me. He is a carpenter and a builder with the mind of an engineer and… Continue reading
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Returning
Nothing says welcome home like the crunch of thousands of dead fly carcasses. Continue reading
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Bucking Fugs!
I know I gave the Boss a ton of shit for bringing in more dirt. But it turns out he is really smart because bugs are kicking our veggie garden’s ass. Yes, I realize sharing with bugs is part of… Continue reading
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Harvest Till You Drop
Tis the season of late-night canning sessions. Saucing tomatoes before the fruit flies take over the house. Preparing plums for drying until my fingers are purple. Making pesto cubes until I can’t stand the smell of basil. Yanking the squash… Continue reading
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Big Time in the U.P.
The War is On. The troops are clad in blaze orange. Keep the dogs inside. Stay out of the woods. Look out for startled deer on the road. Bang. We are surrounded by gunfire. Whack. It is hunting season in… Continue reading
Eden of Garden 