I love to garden. I love the potential in every seed, even the tiniest ones. I love watching my garden grow - flowers open, fruit develop and ultimately wither away, until the new cycle begins. I love holding the seeds in my hands and thinking about their long linage in the hands of other long-ago human beings.
I love working in the earth, and I love the abundance that comes from earth, sun, water, air, seeds and care. I love the way the seasons smell different. I love the way my summer garden smells like squash plants (how to describe that smell? Almost hairy...) and the bittersweet of tomatoes. I love the way my winter garden has the deep earth smell of brassicas and the pungent smell of carrots, dill, parsley and cilantro. I live in a climate where year-round gardening is possible, and I love moving through the seasons and all they offer - the cooling fruits of summer, the sweet, starchy foods of autumn and late summer, the nourishing roots and greens of winter, spring and fall.
Gardening is something I write about often - I try for weekly. Here I have collected all of those posts, not only to share but also for my own savory remembrances of gardens past.
2015 Turnip Trial 12/31/15
A Warm Winter 12/21/15
Roselle, Eggplant and Early Cassava 10/8/15
Looking On The Bright Side 7/2/15
You Know Your Garden is Overgrown When.... 6/16/15
Resorting to Scythe 5/7/15
First Tomatillos 4/30/15
The Hay Hut 4/9/15
Kohlrabi, Kohlrabi, Kohlrabi 4/2/15
Hello Summer! 3/26/15
Welcoming Summer 3/19/15
Beautiful Veggies 3/5/15
Savoy Cabbage and Kohlrabi 2/19/15
Cauliflower, Carrots, and Onions 2/12/15
Getting Ready for Spring 1/22/15
Pink Radishes 1/15/2015
Green and Growing 12/26/14
Pumpkin and Daikon Pickles 12/11/14
Rabbits and a Bush Hog 12/4/14
In The Garden 11/27/14
Sweet Potatoes and Cassava 11/6/14
Eggplant Recovered 10/30/14
Peppers and Roots 10/23/14
First Fall Harvest 10/16/14
Growing Greens 10/3/14
Winter Garden Begins 9/25/14
Fall Garden 9/11/14
Corn Harvest 8/28/14
Garden Notes: Getting Ready 8/21/14
Dreaming of Fall 8/14/14
Watermelons, Pumpkins and Peppers 8/7/14
Butterflies and a Melon 7/13/14
Tassles 7/24/14
Long Beans 7/17/14
Corn, Eggplant and Pumpkins 7/10/14
Lost in the Garden 7/3/14
Eggplant Sighted in Garden 6/19/14
Snow Queen and Shiso 6/12/14
Summer Garden in June 6/5/14
The Corn is in! 5/21/14
First Sunflower 5/15/14
Summer Gardening Begins 4/24/14
Garden Update 4/10/14
Two Gardens 3/ 25/14
Pumpkin Time! 8/8/13
Garden Update 7/18/13
Spring 3/5/13
Peppers, persimmons 10/6/12
Garden Update 7/2/12
Garden Update 5/9/12
Starting the Summer Garden 3/28/12
Some Winter Garden Musings 1/9/12
First Turnips 11/8/11
The Old Summer Garden 11/2/11
Garden Tour 10/31/11
Fall/Winter Garden 10/21/11
Roselle 9/23/11
Dent Corn 11/11/11
Cucumbers and Melons 9/8/11
Midsummer Harvest 9/1/11
Sweet Corn 9/6/11
Summer Tomatoes 9/5/11
Cucumbers and Beans 6/26/11
Sunflowers 6/26/11
The Summer Garden Season 6/26/11
Early Summer Garden 2011 5/4/11
Spring and Sprouts 3/9/11
Radishes 11/30/10
Winter Garden of 2010 11/30/10
Tomatoes 6/20/10
Yard-long Beans and Sweet Corn 5/16/10
Tomatoes 6/12/10
How our Garden Grows 6/5/10
Our First Summer Harvest 5/25/10
Summer Garden Starts 3/29/10
Easter Spread 3/29/10
Cabbages and Turkey Egg 1/6/10
Turnips 11/29/09
Tour of the Winter Garden 11/29/09
Fruits of Labor 11/11/09
Radishes 11/3/09
10/30/09
7/19/09
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