Hope is a Thing – with Dirt
Hope, my friends (as John McCain is wont to say) is NOT a thing with feathers. This picture at the top is hope. Actually, no; that picture is of my garden on March 7, in the afternoon and the air...
View ArticleSometimes, Hope and Dirt Can Use a Hand
And, welcome back. The last time we took the soil temperature in the garden in my part of Upstate New York, it was 32.9 degrees F. on March 7th. Hope Is A Thing With Dirt On Friday, March 20, it was,...
View ArticleWarming Up to Gardening – End of March Edition
Hope…and other things…springs eternal. I went out this morning to take the temperature in the garden beds and frankly, for all the warming up, the soil is no warmer than it was the last time I took...
View ArticleWhat’s A Weed? What’s My Seed?
It has come to Aunt Toby’s attention that she has neglected the totality of the garden learning experience of some of her little friends. Far be it from me to avoid getting into the, ahem, nitty...
View ArticleWant Peppers in Northern Growing Zones? Give ‘em a Hot Foot
Up here Chez Siberia might be located as far as the USDA maps are considered, in Zone 4 – but our geography makes it a Zone 3 for sure, which means that growing things like peppers, melons, sweet...
View ArticleWMD: Zucchini Time
When Aunt Toby and the DH first set up housekeeping in a real house (versus their first year of marriage as students, AKA “Annus Horribilus”), we lucked upon a landlord who not only allowed us to rip...
View ArticleForget Wall Street: Invest in Potatoes
(Caution: Image Heavy) We all know what’s happened to the stock market over the past year. No news there. A whole lot of people lost a whole lot of their retirement and goodness knows what else over...
View ArticleCabbage Family Nutritional Smack-Down
All veggies are good. The more colorful the better. The less cooked, the better (steamed rather than boiled to death). The only problem with veggies, and this happens no matter where you live, is that...
View ArticleFood Sunday: Cheap and Good – Roasted Roots
Trying to get more veggies into your family? Tired of potatoes? Every vegetable has a ‘best way’ of cooking and for root vegetables, it’s NOT boiling. Trust your Aunt Toby on this one: boiled beets,...
View ArticleFood Sunday: No More Aunty Nice Guy
Okay. The gloves are officially off (except at Chez Siberia, where we wear gloves pretty much everywhere, all the time, especially the Bob Crachett fingerless ones which are really handy for using on...
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