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Hitting autumn’s sweet spot

October 11, 2011

Fall is here and as sure as the days begin to shorten, this girl’s thoughts turn to… ice cream? Maybe it’s the brown sugar aroma wafting from the heart-shaped, apricot leaves of the Katsura trees (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) as they flutter to the ground and drift about in the front drive. I love my katsuras with [...]

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dance card correction

September 6, 2011

The date for the SDDA Summer Sidewalk Sale is September 17th not the 19th as I first stated (but have since corrected) here. ACK! I’m really not trying to get all the good stuff before you, I just sometimes struggle with managing the complexities of a calendar. Which explains a lot about my social life…

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Filling my September dance card…

September 2, 2011

This month always brings out the ambitious in me. It must be that back-to-school vibe imprinted so long ago. Whatever the reason, in the midst of a basement blasting clean up (ACHOO!!!!), yet another office sweep, and (really, REALLY this time) our long overdue kitchen freshen, I’m making time for several events that will get [...]

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Seeing Trees

September 1, 2011

This is a post with a point and an opportunity for you to win a copy of the book entitled Seeing Trees: Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees, by Nancy Ross Hugo & Robert Llewellyn, Timber Press 2011. But I’m all about the story and rarely do I take a direct path when I could [...]

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Catching up

August 25, 2011

…a little. Thank goodness I’m not one of those highly organized, incredibly inspired, prolific bloggers with a tight agenda for every day of the week/month/year. You know the type: if-it’s-Wednesday-it-must-be-wordless, or wooden, or whatever! Actually – I would love, love, love to be one of those bloggers. But I’ve come to realize it’s probably just [...]

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Silence is golden…

August 8, 2011

…but I miss my home. Today is my last day on the farm. It’s time to gather up the tailings of my encampment, load up the car and head back to reality. Sometimes hectic and subject to constant interruption, my typical life is not nearly so productive. On the other hand, I can’t think of [...]

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Considering breakfast on the farm

August 5, 2011

So. Another day on the farm. My goals for this week – other than keeping 4 mini goats and 3 sheep inside their fencing and 10 chickens intact – is to get a healthy jump on my next writing project. And everyone know the importance of getting a productive day off to a sound start [...]

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Farm stay…

August 4, 2011

…the sequel. I’m back at Art Isle Farm on Whidbey Island. I spent 12 days here holding down the barnyard back in January of last year… you can read about those adventures here, here, here and here. This time I’m minus the lovely poodle, HRH Phoebe, who is traveling with her owners. However 3 sheep [...]

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Thank goodness for Ellensburg

August 4, 2011

More specifically, thank goodness Kittitas Valley Greenhouse chose the heat of Ellensburg, a small historic town just over the Cascade Range right in the central heart of Washington, to raise delicious, flavorful tomatoes and then drive them 2 plus hours west to my neighborhood Sunday farmers market. The end of July was a watershed moment [...]

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a botanical algorithm…

August 3, 2011

I would posit that the wonky but crisp and delicious purple kohlrabi is to the vegetable world as the hallucinogenic ‘Chomley Farran’ carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus ‘Chomley Farran’) is to the floral kingdom. Concur? ‘Chomley Farran’ carnation, a remarkable garden plant with gorgeous blue-green foliage and a terribly lax blooming habit is available from Annie’s Annuals. [...]

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