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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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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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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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I love Lettuce From the Garden So Much…

Posted on April 28, 2011 by literarylee

…I would risk getting struck by lightning just to have some. Well…not quite but this evening when I returned home from work we were going to walk to Jones for lettuce for a salad to eat with grilled steak, but … Continue reading →

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Garden Naming Post Script (The Lorelei)

Posted on April 24, 2011 by literarylee

April 2011 In September, 2009, after a season of gardening in Smith and Jones, we moved to a new apartment, a ground-level one bedroom affair with a door directly leading outside.  The apartment managers said I could plant anything I … Continue reading →

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My Gardens’ Names

Posted on April 21, 2011 by literarylee

Naming the Gardens,  March 2010 It struck me, the day I went to the gardens for the first time this season, that they need names.  Last year we called them The Big Garden and The Little Garden.  That’s sort of … Continue reading →

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Why all this talk of gardens and weddings and life in far-flung places?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by literarylee

A brief word concerning writing about the stuff of life. The Life Literary’s goal is to be a cafeteria of ideas for living literarily, which is living in a way that celebrates and enjoys words.  These ideas, thoroughly chopped, mixed, … Continue reading →

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First (Soil) Amendment Day

Posted on April 11, 2011 by literarylee

Yesterday was First (soil) Amendment Day (of the season).  I claimed my right (and accepted my responsibility) to enrich the soil in my gardens.  I like doing that work because it’s physical, good old-fashioned labor that invigorates.  I also like … Continue reading →

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