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Garden Envy
Confession: if you are already harvesting squash, I don’t like you. Well, okay, maybe I like you but I’m mad at you. After all, I blog about gardening. I take pretty pictures of plants. And yet, my entire nectarine tree is covered in brown rot, the beans are holier than the Virgin Mary, and my summer squash plants will not grow. The…
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(Don't judge me)
Oh for the love of deep thoughts, where have mine gone!? I think I’ve been struck by a bit of internet shyness. That’s not to say I haven’t written out a post here or there processing PPD and my sorting through thoughts on ending treatment. I just haven’t hit “PUBLISH POST”. Do you know what that tells me? I’m at…
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The Last May Morning
We may be another 21 days off from the official first day of summer, but here in Raleigh, NC it will be a balmy 98 degrees today, which tells me that summer is already upon us! Were the air not thick enough to cut with a butter knife, we’d make it a day to fill up the kiddie pool, but…
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Teacher Gifts from the Garden
Last year was the Man-child’s first year at Mom’s Morning Out, and I completely failed to do something for his teachers. This year, though it was a different set of teachers, I was determined to make up for last years’ negligence. Afterall, these ladies love my boy well! The only problem is he has nearly six to eight teachers between…
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Starting your own Sweet Potato Slips
Finding sweet potato plants in nurseries can be hit or miss. My local nursery Logan’s gets a shipment of them each spring, but they go very fast. Not knowing if I would find plants, I decided to start my own. I picked out a potato, stuck one bumpy end in a small jar and filled it with water. In a…
