We’re Hot to Grow
A mightily impressive heatwave recently set upon the eastern USA. Many cities hit high temperature records. Every news outlet reminded residents to drink water, stay out of the sun during mid-day, and check… Continue reading
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2025 Food It Yourself Garden-Slowly but Surely
It was a cool, wet spring here in Central Massachusetts. Indeed, we have had flood watches more than once. In between the heavy, intermittent showers I did manage to get the Food It… Continue reading
Never Too Early
We are 10 days past Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere, so springtime is literally on its way! Yes, we still need to make it through January and the beastly time known as… Continue reading
Food It Yourself 2021 Gardening Season in Review
How on earth is it November, already? it seems like just yesterday I was perusing seed catalogs and rototilling my front lawn into a large planting bed. The gardening season has passed in… Continue reading
PUMPKIN TIME!
What’s just over 65 lb and full of sincerity? The Food It Yourself 2021 pumpkin harvest! The squashes have turned a brilliant orange. The vines have died back. Best of all, my straw… Continue reading
Late Summer is Actually Just Early Pumpkin Season.
We have almost made it through August! The hottest part of the year is theoretically behind us. We are picking and putting up tomatoes. We are harvesting herbs to dry over the winter.… Continue reading
Nothing But Sincerity!
I am so excited about our pumpkins this year. The vines in the raised beds are huge, and still growing. There are currently five pumpkins, and the vines are still blooming, so we… Continue reading
It’s Growing To Be an Interesting Season…
The overall condition of New England Garden Season 2021 has been unstable. May started out warm, until Memorial Day weekend, which felt like Thanksgiving. June brought mid-August levels of heat and humidity, but… Continue reading
Challenge Accepted!
I am very happy to report that the raised garden beds planned by our Church congregation’s eagle scout candidate have been constructed and filled. As I noted earlier in the season, community gardens… Continue reading
The Planting of 2021
It is finally planting time in central Massachusetts. This week I had a few days of vacation time to use up at work. The soil has warmed up. The weather was forecasted to… Continue reading