Hacked! My work website was hacked. Completely gone. Spambot takeover. Grrrr! And we go to the lake to find my, broccoli (above), hollyhocks, cucumbers, radish tops (not radishes), carrot tops (not carrots), echinacea…hacked. All…
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Our last day in Versailles. We pass through the Versailles palace grounds one last time. And then venture over to the official kitchen garden of Louis called Le Potager du Roi. It’s as wonderful…
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First harvest. Arugula. It is so good. I never knew that it grew flowers! And once it grows flowers, it is done, like basil, so you have to keep harvesting it. It does not…
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I spent hours removing dandelions today and putting grass seed in the holes. There are literally hundreds if not thousands on our lawn. They are beautiful individually and I understand their health benefits. But…
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More gardening, up at dawn, one with this soil, rain or shine. I will never have this amount of time to freely, lavishly spend with plants again when I take a job. I feel…
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I have been given or collecting seeds the past year. Now that the frost for this area is officially over per the Almanac, today was the day to unleash them. Some lupine here. Some…
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It has been an absolute labor of great love to create this garden. All new to me, trial and error, but it’s like being an artist with the greatest palette on earth. Today at…
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Back to the lake house. I know I will not have time off like this again, so I appreciate and indulge in gardening thoroughly. Always researching and planting perennials so it will autopilot in…
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After all that prep work this week, this morning we went to Pennings Farm (which I love) for some organic, non-GMO plants. I can not say enough great things about them! 6 miles from…
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The lake is so tranquil and gorgeous at sunrise. I feel like a farmer’s wife these days. 10 hours a day outside tending the soil. Rise with the sun. Work the earth. It is…