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Thursday, June 12, 2008

The growing season is in full swing. There's even some harvesting going on from two of our three planted boxes.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

It hit 90 today. As the sun set, we found a honey-hoisin-ginger glaze for the chicken, tossed it on a bed of lettuces from our garden (baby romain, salad bowl and buttercrunch) and served it with a chardonnay-semillon blend with a touch of black currant syrup, known in some circles as "kir." Oh, and I've started a photo blog so maybe I'll post more often. Maybe.

Posted by Jon, 11:49 pm :: #

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

It was a big outdoors weekend for us - the patio furniture came up, the grill came out and the garden is starting to show some progress. Plus, we're really liking how the flox is hanging on. See more photos in the annex.

Posted by Jon, 9:53 pm :: #

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Took a walk around the yard today. Found a bunch of flowers. The two pear trees, the weeping cherry, the serviceberry and the flox are all blooming up a storm.

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Saturday, March 8, 2008

Spring is on hold while we shovel out after the biggest snowstorm in a decade.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Giant zucchini harvest

Weighing in at 1.75 pounds, we plucked this guy out of box #2 tonight. Tomorrow, there will sauteeing. And possibly enough leftover for bread.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

First harvest

These pieces of lettuce -- some leafy, some romaine -- are the first edible benefits of our gardening project. They formed the base for tonight's salad.

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Backyard update

Our compass plant's first bloom of the year has opened up. It faced the other way last year; I don't know if that means anything. Just behind it, you can see others coming. What you can't see, is there are other stalks developing too. Oh, and our gardening project is taking is final major step.

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Four visitors

One morning, a hot air balloon floated over. The next day, we think a hummingbird clearwing moth (and a Japanese beetle) came by the flowers. The next night, giant explosions visited the neighborhood.

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Our newest visitors

Sunday strolling around the backyard, we saw some orange butterflies and some very large bees.

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