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Sunday Afternoon Goal – Baking with Pumpkins

Sunday Afternoon Goal – Time for baking with pumpkins to get through this shitty ass mood I’ve been in all week while listening to the BILLS game. All…

All Things 10/16/2022

Our final pumpkin squash gourd harvest. I have NO idea where those beautiful round yellow pumpkins came from, but I hope they taste as sweet as they look….

All Things 10/13/2022

The garden season has come to an end. And the to-do clean-up list is never-ending and  just not happening between my work schedule and rain. But look at…

Produce Producing

Just yesterday I had all the garden goodies and produce put away. Today the kitchen is filled once more. Cauliflower, tomatoes & unhusked sweet corn from Rumfola Farms…

Garden Views

This is our “main garden.” The left side has black mulch down with two sweet corns, red popcorn and baby corn. Also various squashes and pumpkins and gourds…

Day #79 – Ode to Salad Cream

I took the dogs out and sat on the porch and then went back to bed. My brain wants me to get up and make beignets and coffee,…

Fuck Gardening

I really only post about my garden successes because there are far, far too many fails and I don’t like to be reminded. (Those seed catalogs tempt me…

Multicoloured Squash (DRESS!)

Last night HWMMS and I took a walk around Weber Wonderland and looked at all the bushy flowery viney pumpkin, squash, gourd plants we have growing. So many…

Extra! Extra! Casting Call!

Extra! Extra! Casting Call! Friday Thoughts. I know everyone and their 2nd cousin’s mother’s brother over the age of 18 will be heading to Akron tomorrow for the…

Endless Gardening

We spent many, many hours in the garden today. And now we’re 90% caught up with weeding, composting, hilling, caging, trellising in the one front yard garden (gourds,…

Garden 2018

Garden 2018: Attempting to Grow at Weber Wonderland As always, let’s see what actually grows for Garden 2018…and then see what actually produces a harvest. Tis an experiment…

Twitterments

Twitterments. Because not everyone is on Twitter. Note to self. You are happy when you put words on the page. Put more words on more pages. Make more…

Friday the 13th Bucket List: Spooky, Haunted Attractions and Ghost Walks

A reprint of my article in the Springville Times. Friday the 13th Bucket List: Spooky Attractions and Ghost Walks October is a month full of warmth and hearth. Cozy…

Pumpkin Picking Time!

Pumpkin Picking Time! A repost of my latest article in the Springville Times. It’s Pumpkin season in Western New York! All around town you can find pumpkins at…

Garden 2017

Garden 2017 Working List in Progress Front Yard Garden (Left) Russet Potatoes Kennebec Potatoes Rainbow Beets Nantes Carrots Red Pontiac Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Fort Portal Jade Bean Hidasa…

Garden Update

Garden Update. About 65% complete transplanting perennial medicinal herbs (echinacea, lovage, milk thistle, marshmallow, wormwood, hyssop, yarrow, horehound, valerian, borage & chamomile) and adding new seeds to the…

Giant Flying Gourd Dream

I’ve not been myself this past two weeks, some sort of funky funk…the onset of the Big D I hate so much. Maybe there’s some hidden message in…

Garden Update: Defeated

Garden Update: Defeated I love spending time in the garden. I hate owning up to the fact that I’m failing miserably in the garden. I hate June in…

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Not sure where those *so happy to wait until the last minute* pumpkin carving faces came from? Hmmm, better or worse than last year? Trick or…

Garden Update: Play by Play

Welcome to my Garden Update 2012 play-by-play! Our slug problem was taken care of by handpicking, staking everything in sight and Sluggo. Been periodically using Insect Killing Soap…

Garden 2012: Planted!

Garden 2012: Planted! Carrots, Beets, Green Onions, Tomatoes, Basil, Radishes, Yellow Squash, Pumpkins, Watermelon, Peas, Spinach, Green Beans, Soybeans, Cranberry Beans, Calypso Beans, Peppers, Eggplant, Cucumbers, Corn, Potatoes,…

Weddingments! Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall?

Weddingments! Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall? Holy moly! We’re getting married in less than 6 months! When we first started talking about weddings we both wanted to get…

Halloween

Ya know I’m just not into you Halloween. I love FALL I love Thanksgiving (for the food alone!)  I love Fall/Halloween decorations. I love pumpkin picking and candy…