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• 06.30.09
  June’s Garden
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  Crossing out #2 on the list, this garden is now in full swing. Just about everything growing out there is pictured above, but  I can’t believe I haven’t included the zucchinis and squashes. Really. They’ve reached such an absurd level of abundance that, well, perhaps for me it’s enough just seeing them pile up in the kitchen.

  I tend to appreciate what little I have as opposed to how much. For your consideration, the smattering of ripe ‘Stupice’ tomatoes and the variety of tomatoes yet to come:

  
  

  Alis has some tender shoots and blooms growing over at her dad’s house, just a few miles from where we live. Siri doesn’t mess around,  Denise has a beautiful greens assortment (of which I’m envious, ever since the chickens mowed all of ours (I’m learning what to keep covered)! Also, she may be on a plane to Melbourne right now, but I happen to know that Cyndi has been getting her hands dirty, too.

  What’s growing in your garden right now?

  
  
• 11.04.08
  Olive the name Olivia.
  Daily, Gardening, Nature, SillyValley (1)

  Alas, I don’t make girls.

  On the other hand, the olive tree is in fruit.

  

  So I picked some for a brining project.

  

  I have no idea what I am doing! Does anyone out there have any pointers?
  I’m following Mother Earth New’s “Cure Your Own Olives.” There are no expectations attached to this project, other than pure curiosity; this year the yield is low and this batch will be small. In fact, at this point, the joy is all in the harvesting–the sun on my shoulders; the cats gophering around my feet; the dog looking up at me with a ball in his mouth, just waiting; the feeling of connection I get with this land, caring for everything living on it and taking, in return, a small harvest in thanksgiving. It’s great.

  
  
• 04.09.08
  oh, plowman, why did you have to go and mow these over?
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  oh, plowman, why did you have to go and mow these over?, originally uploaded by young@art.

   

  
  

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