As is usually the case, I headed to the garden about an hour before dusk last night with my two littlest buddies. They thrive in dirt, on dirt, and with dirt so I no longer fight the barefooted tendencies, at least not in the garden. We picked black-eyed peas and watched bees pollinate the cucumbers…
These cucumbers have slowed down but continue to produce a few every couple of days so I am loathe to cut ’em down and manure them. I can’t believe how productive they have been; remind me next year. Not much of what we’ve planted in June through August works but okra is never happier than on these…
I have often found it hard to wrap my head around the needs of a specific season unless we are in it. In the winter we think of firewood and water-proofing and row covers in the garden. In the summer we think if staying cool, of course, but there is one resource at the forefront…
The following is a sober reminder from William Plumer. This and other articles on various topics are available for free online or in print from here. The Day For Which All Other Days Were Made William S. Plumer (1802-1880) GOD has not concealed His intention of bringing every work into judgment with every secret thing,…
