Monthly Archives: October 2008

Around here, there is usually a Plan for the day. I divide my time between work inside and out, trying to cross things off my to do list before it overtakes me completely. And so, on various days, I’m up … Continue reading →

Another lovely fall (for us) day of working outside. I laid out the irrigation tubes across the long frames. Everything is coming up very nicely except one of the caulifowers. I’m fairly sure I probably knocked it out when I … Continue reading →

The McCain/Palin nastiness has gotten so horifying, hateful, and bizarre (come on – Michelle Obama happened to join the same firm in the 80s as Ayers’ wife, years after the latter did? Is that what you’re seriously talking about as … Continue reading →

Sometimes, you just have to sit back for a bit. And to answer your questions: that’s just what I did. I spent a couple of months away from blogging, away from the gardening blogs, fighting the good fight against bugs, … Continue reading →

The garden in late summer. As you can tell, we’ve pulled most of the tomatoes. It wasn’t exactly as large a bumper crop as we expected. The problem? Bugs. Lots of them. Leaffooted bugs and stinkbugs, to be precise, sucking … Continue reading →