Seedling Favorite is Basil

Seedling Favorite is Basil

You know how parents often lie to their children about not having a favorite child? I do the  same thing with my seedlings. They all haveRead More

Frosted, Not Cake

Frosted, Not Cake

We had another one of those beautifully hoarfrosted mornings the other day. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate D’s birthday than to postRead More

Seed Order 2013 – Veggie Garden Begins

Seed Order 2013 – Veggie Garden Begins

I am planting cotton as my new seed growing endeavor for 2013. I remember a cotton boll in a glass jar back in my childhood OhioRead More

New Year’s Intentions 2013

New Year’s Intentions 2013

I guess I could call these resolutions, but intentions sounds closer to how I feel about most garden projects. Plant veggies with a purpose – IRead More

Thanks Moon

Thanks Moon

I am still very much so a morning person. However, the moon and night skies have recently been alarmingly impressive and consistently expansive. Real night-time observersRead More

&kabbrooml

&kabbrooml

The very first mockups of a bark & bloom space included a weathered sign engraved with laser precise cochin characters, so when we needed the sign,Read More

Fall Planters

Fall Planters

This is the first Friday in 4 and 1/2 months that I haven’t been running around in utter panic. Market season has ended and I haveRead More

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