half an hour down in the garden September 18, 2007

soil warm in patches
dug with my hands
tentatively after snapping an extensor tendon two summers ago
dirt under my nails
tomatoes sown in seed raising mix (tommy toe, yellow cropper, green and red stroiped guernsey island, ponsonby red, russian red) all heirloom organic seeds
direct sown on a whim:
mizuna chinese greens
spinach
crown pumpkin
chinese cabbage
capsicum
green curled endive
butterhead lettuce
baby carrots
chives
crystal apple cucmber
radish
coriander
picked: [...]

guilt is good September 17, 2007

I’ve been reading blogs of friends who I’ve never met face-to-face…they’ve been simultaneously condemning and encouraging me. Their gardens have been veritable hives of activity for a few weeks while I’ve been sitting much further north in the country with the excuse that it’s still winter. Remembering that in the southern hemisphere, this is a [...]