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New Favorite Garden Plant

Posted on April 11, 2012 by auntie beak

i think i’m in love (don’t tell my husband). i have a little garden in front of some windows that we see every time we go up and down the stairs, so i like it to look nice as long … Continue reading →

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Poison on the Grass

Posted on April 7, 2012 by dirtynailz

As the forsythia blooms and the narcissus flower their gorgeous heads off, something more ominous pokes up from the grass: signs warning that lawns have been sprayed with chemicals. I am completely, totally and rabidly opposed to the use of … Continue reading →

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A Different World

Posted on April 3, 2012 by dirtynailz

We have just returned from a week in Fernie, British Columbia. We have skied there for the past several years and we were really looking forward to this week, particularly after such a pathetic ski season here in the east. … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Seed Starting, and Peas!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by auntie beak

my good friend dirtynailz is off doing non-bloggy things right now, and handed me the keys to the place, so i thought i’d just jump right in. i’ve recently attended some workshops and lectures on seed starting, and i wanted … Continue reading →

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Is It Time to Plant?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by dirtynailz

Here’s HerbDoc with one of the oldest gardening questions: Is it time to plant????? The days are finally getting longer, and the winter has been almost balmy, but is it time to plant? Gardeners need to remember that sowing too … Continue reading →

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File Under “Duh.”

Posted on March 22, 2012 by auntie beak

thanks to maggie koerth-baker over at geek site boing-boing for bringing this npr story to my attention. apparently, the geniuses at monsanto figured that, because it was sooo hard for them to create roundup resistance in crops, the weeds wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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A Big Guy Fights Back

Posted on March 19, 2012 by dirtynailz

There was an interesting op-ed piece in our local paper recently. It was entitled : “Those over-rated ‘heirloom veggies’” and it was written by none other than the Chair of the Burpee Seed company, George Ball. In it, he attempts … Continue reading →

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Jumping the Season, Update

Posted on March 14, 2012 by auntie beak

so dirtynailz asked me to do a follow-up on the Mad, Mad I Tell You post about how i saw an, as it turns out, extremely optimistic 10-day weather forecast and went out, in february, and planted peas and spinach. … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Walk

Posted on March 11, 2012 by dirtynailz

As many of my readers know, on winter weekends when I am not skiing, I almost always take a walk. This time, I stayed in my immediate neighborhood. Please join me. I find this creepy, and possibly downright evil. A … Continue reading →

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Bonsai!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by dirtynailz

The plant in the photo above has been living contentedly on our kitchen table for nearly a year. I bought it last summer for $20 from a vendor on the grounds of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. It’s a variegated … Continue reading →

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