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My Urban Garden – June Update
The rain and unseasonably cool weather made it difficult to muster much enthusiasm for gardening, but all thoughts of giving up left with my first veggie harvest! Right now I have more radishes than I know what to do with and if the carpet of seedlings are any indication, I’ll have more dill and basil than I can hope to use. The courtyard garden isn’t all good news, though. It looks like the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Urban Gardening
How does my garden grow?
Now it grows vertical! I bought this planter yesterday at Home Depot because I thought it would give my flat array of pots some much needed dimension. Plus it was cool. I managed to get the whole thing put together before I realized that it’s meant to be anchored in the ground. In a moment of desperate genius, I used some spare seed pots as a stand in. It’s in … Read entire article »
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Dirty Vegetables
She: “What you’re saying is, you’re a zucchini when they’re looking for eggplant?” Me: “No, no! Why do we always circle back to dirty vegetables?” She: “Not all vegetables are dirty! Take the tomato for instance.” Me: “I would never entertain the idea of using a tomato.” She: “Ah, you’re talking about dirty man vegetables! Yeah, it’s not firm enough.” Me: “Nor is it phallic.” She: “Hmmm, now I feel dirty.” Me: “I feel like salad.” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Odds & Ends