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Smith, Jones, The Lorelei: A Midsummer Night’s Status Report

I like imagining my garden (or as is the case here in Alexandria, gardens) is a sort of empire and I need to keep track of the many, various, diverse plants and their situations.  In that light, here is a … Continue reading

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I love Lettuce From the Garden So Much…

…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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I Declare the Garden Produce Eating Season Officially Underway

April 22, 2011 We’ve been eating red leaf lettuce and spinach I planted in the Lorelei for several weeks now, yet I didn’t feel like we were really eating produce from the garden.  Is that odd?  I think I was … Continue reading

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Dear Mom and Dad

Second week of April, 2011 Dear Mom and Dad, Sorry for not writing sooner.  So much to see and do, with things changing every day.  Let me tell you a little about my life since that day you left me … Continue reading

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First Salad

Yesterday evening we ate the first salad from the garden.  It’s hard to imagine greens (and reds) being sweet until, on an early spring day around the first of April, you harvest lettuce and spinach and endive, wash, toss into … Continue reading

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Garden Notes 3/26

Snow expected tonight.  Still agog.  Covered lettuce, spinach, radishes, bok choi in Jones with plastic row covers.  Conversely and humorously planted seven lettuce seedlings in Smith hours before predicted snow but didn’t cover those at all.  Been sitting out all … Continue reading

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Checking on the Kids

Me: Honey, I dropped by the kids’ dorm to see how they’re doing. My Wife: Well, at least they had one week on their own without daddy fussing over them.  Honestly, you need to give them a little space. Me: … Continue reading

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More Wanton Optimism: Spring Garden 2010

March 7, 2010 I committed a random act of optimism today.  Barely a week after the end of February I planted seeds in my gardens.  The day was perfect for such behavior, the warm sun sowing its own seeds in … Continue reading

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