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Still Going Strong

September 27, 2011 Picked a dozen or so okra, a creamy yellow sweet pepper, a mess of green beans and two cucumbers today near the end of September.  The Lorelei continues to produce, continues to pump out the produce and … Continue reading

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Farewell Dragon’s Tongue!

I started cleaning up the garden for winter, pulling spent Dragon’s Tongue bush beans, weeds, and clearing dead leaves and other debris.  End-of-season plants are not so pretty plus they can harbor disease and pests.  Besides, I like the look … Continue reading

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Our Own Work / Our Own Sustenance

We’ve been putting some of our harvest by over the last few weeks, preserving it for use this winter and to give as Christmas gifts.  My wife used a slew of the many, many tomatoes that ripened all at once and made fifteen pints of tomato chutney, … Continue reading

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Late Summer Beans/ Late Summer Man

What the heck! Nineteen days ’till the autumnal equinox, one of two dates on the calendar with equal doses of night and day.  From the first one on March 21, the days continued getting longer, warmer, the air full of … Continue reading

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Smith Recognized

Imagine my pleasant surprise to learn Smith was to be given an award.  As I’ve mentioned, gardeners, though seemingly nice and mild-mannered on the outside, are really cutthroat, fierce competitors on the inside.  We want the biggest and most tomatoes, … Continue reading

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Buckets o’ Bounty Revisited

I picked my third bucket of tomatoes the other night.  I really can’t tell you just how pleased I am about it.  My first two years gardening at Smith, the tomatoes were only o.k., one year even anemic, six plants … Continue reading

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Buckets o’ Bounty*

The entire gardening venture is satisfying and fun for the most part.  Yes, there are disappointments and frustrations such as critters that munch plants.  I believe I shared a half dozen ears of corn over the last couple of weeks … Continue reading

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Smith, Jones, and the Lorelei Welcome Me Home

I was looking forward to a little vacation, ten days in Indianapolis to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday and four or five days with our three children, their spouses and, of course, our grandson Rider.  The only thing that bothered … Continue reading

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Garden Time Stands Still

I’m a pretty bad judge of time.  I think it’s been a week since so-and-so happened, but I find out it’s been a month.  That can be bad if I think the bill arrived a few days ago, but really, it’s been a few … Continue reading

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Actual Broccoli Harvest

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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