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We Joined the Country Club
I can’t tell you how often I feel the envy rise in my blood when I see pictures of friends’ beach vacations or read about yet another date night or impromptu road trip via Facebook updates. I am just not good at being “not the jealous type”. Last week I was starting to feel a little sorry for myself, but then I realized, I’m 29 (yes, I am implying that is young). I have a toddler and am expecting another…
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Snapshots from the Garden
1) rosemary, garlic and lavender, 2) tomatoes and butterstick zucchini, 3)peas, 4) container potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, zucc, 5) strawberries, 6) peas
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Garden Pic: Bean Sprout
Just a week after I planted the pole beans next to the corn, the sprouts came up! Of all my plants started from seeds, the beans are my favorite. They remind me of origami as the seat coat splits and the large firm leaves unfold. Last year, I started beans indoors but quickly learned that they do much better when seeded into the ground. As young plants, indoors they grew leggy and the leaves grew large and fragile to compensate…
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Mottled Squash Leaves
I was a little concerned that my largest and most vigorous squash plants had a disease, so I went digging on the garden forums to try to find a picture similar to mine (the picture above is of my plants). Sure enough, there was one, but it was for zucchini. Someone even commented “that’s how zucchini leaves are supposed to look.” That’s when I got confused. Isn’t zucchini a summer squash? Why are some called squash and some called zucchini?…
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Planting Corn
Growing up, corn was always at the dinner table in the summers. Mom and dad swore on the superiority of Silver Queen and I remember mom pulling back the husks to check the ears before buying them. There were several roadside stands on the way to our house, so getting corn was never a problem. We almost never had canned or frozen corn growing up, which is why for me, corn is a delicacy of the summer. Dad grew it…
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Strawberries (Pics)
