Category Archives: Garden: A Love Story

The journal of my gardening exploits.

Actual Broccoli Harvest

Posted on June 13, 2011 by literarylee

I’m a broccoli farmer, a real big-time producer of the stuff. Up until a week or so ago for the last month and a half, I picked whatever broccoli was ready, usually enough for a meal for the two of … Continue reading →

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Speed Gardening!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by literarylee

A nagging malaise accompanied me home from work today.  I didn’t know why or what it wanted with me.  It just was. For the third blazing hot day in a row my poor gardens, Smith, Jones and the Lorelei, were … Continue reading →

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Mum’s The Word

Posted on May 25, 2011 by literarylee

Like I need another garden project. I already tend three gardens,  Smith, Jones, and the Lorelei, over the course of a season that lasts almost eleven months out of the year.  I figure I grow 50 or so different types … Continue reading →

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A Refreshing Cool Drink from the Garden Hose (A Toast to Smith)

Posted on May 23, 2011 by literarylee

I’m a Happy Gardener right now. This spring, I have not been able to visit Smith as much as I’d like.  I often don’t get home from work until 6:30 and by then it’s too late, or I’m too bushed from … Continue reading →

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Horti non sufficit

Posted on May 17, 2011 by literarylee

Thursday evening, May 12 – With house guests and rain forecast this weekend, I needed to garden while I could.  I planted ten pepper plants at Smith.  If all fifteen or so bear well, we will be swimming in peppers, … Continue reading →

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Got the Worm!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by literarylee

Up a little after five this morning, kilted, booted, and out the front door.  You can guess what I did.  I succumbed to the urge to enlarge the Lorelei just a little bit more. I added, oh, probably another 18-24 inches to the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Garden Notes

Posted on May 10, 2011 by literarylee

Saturday – Enlarged the Lorelei.  Turning under grass feels a little naughty, like maybe I’m vandalizing something.  First reaction: Looks great.  Second reaction: Is it that much bigger?  Third reaction:  I think I need to add a bit more.  Really.  Just a … Continue reading →

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Making My Bed (but not lying in it)

Posted on May 10, 2011 by literarylee

I needed more garden space.  Really.  Of course, I always say that. My favorite exercise is turning over sod, then beating the soil out of the grass and weeds to make a new garden plot.  I could be Johnny Flower-Bed, … Continue reading →

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Garden Notes: the Lorelei After Work

Posted on May 4, 2011 by literarylee

There aren’t enough hours in a day.  Can’t I get paid to garden?  To write? 7:00 p.m. –  Stepped out to the Lorelei.  This evening’s goal: renovate the herb garden and set in the many herb plants now languishing in … Continue reading →

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The Discipline of Planting Seeds

Posted on April 30, 2011 by literarylee

(I wrote this last year but it suits for this one too, though the cast of characters is a little different: fewer and later planted peas, less bok choi, added broccoli.) Early May 2010 Saturday at the market and I … Continue reading →

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