You know how it is when there’s a new baby: you just can’t take enough pictures, and every single thing he does is insanely cute. Come to think of it, I’m still that way with my five-year-old, so maybe this never ends Anyway, here are a few more Alex photos (the one I posted before [...]
Read more →We’re both home and doing well. It’s so nice to have everyone together. The girls are thrilled, and mom and dad are ecstatic but exhausted. He’s a sweet, mellow baby, absolutely made for cuddling. I’ll have more later, but right now I need a nap
Read more →Inspired by GardenPunk’s “Book Week,” I’m going to use the next few posts to catch up with some of the book reviews I’ve been meaning to write. The first book on the list is Fresh Food From Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting by R.J. Ruppenthal. I think that [...]
Read more →Just a quick post to say that I’m back on Twitter. I was on it for a while last year, but I found it to be too much of a distraction. I’m thinking that this time I’m going to only follow my fellow gardeners and garden bloggers. So, if you’re on Twitter, let me know. [...]
Read more →Yesterday, I alluded to the fact that I think I may have gone overboard with my seed purchases this year. I’ll find a way to fit everything into my garden, one way or another. But I’ve been taking a look at some of my activities of late and have realized that I’ve gone a step [...]
Read more →Who else was totally freaked out watching Stevie Wonder perform with the Jonas Brothers on the Grammies last night? It just seemed wrong, somehow. That is all. (Almost. I think it sucks that the Raconteurs lost Best Rock Album. Coldplay’s great and all, but I wouldn’t really call them “rock.”) This, however, rocks: Okay, carry [...]
Read more →Yesterday was beautiful. Upper 40′s, sunny, a light breeze making the branches sway ever-so-gently. We’re still not quite snow-free, but yesterday’s warmth did a good job of getting rid of the majority of snow that’s been sitting around here since mid-December or so. And you know what days like that do to a gardener: the [...]
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