Here we are, midday on a humid August Saturday. Restless seems to be the keyword for both of us here; perhaps everyone? It’s a weird interstitial moment, with some things winding down while others ramp up. The garden seems metaphor enough for that. Some of the plants have run their course and are done for […]
A week in review in its last couple hours? Free associate: Odd-enough pressures seem to be on at all angles; late night forays into long-suspended projects for both work and art. Digging out seven or eight year old notes for a project that never quite got off the ground. Been falling asleep at nights thinking […]
I first hiked Mt. Mansfield in the summer of 2002. A. & I had just moved up here, I was working an inhuman series of overnight shifts, and our first visitor had come up to see us and decided that in one of the two precious daytime afternoons where he and I could hang out, […]
As previously mentioned: Schmapped! Now with 100% more proof!
garden #2291: supersweet 100s garden #2563: tomato blossoms garden #3136: another cherry tomato garden #3259: like traffic lights And with these Supersweet 100 cherry tomatoes, tonight we make salsa.
A.’s mom & cousin are up for a few days so we’re making the most of the visit and exploring, etc. Checked out a couple swimming holes (Bolton & Bristol), raspberry picking, etc. Got our first fruits on the butternut squash (hooray!) but also had to pull a few more dead/dying zucchinis because of infestation […]
My first “Super A+++” scored photo:
We found these gnarly bugs and their eggs on our zucchini. It seemed that they had managed to kill one of them already. We spent a good 15 minutes going over each plant, pulling off the bugs and killing them and scraping off the eggs.