Work

“The novelist Nigel Balchin, was once invited to address a conference on ‘incentives’ in industry. He remarked that ‘Industrial psychologists must stop messing about with tricky and ingenious bonus schemes and find...
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My Garden

So I’ve been busy this spring and my garden plot and seedlings aren’t what I pictured before we started this year. But thats ok. You can see the row I’ve had planted...
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what’s up

hey this space has been dormant for a while. i’m going though seed catalogs for this years garden. i’ve also been reading gaia’s garden a book on permaculture and rereading the one...
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The Dead of Winter

Sounds good to me: “I don’t have time to garden well. I garden anyway. Gardening is one of those activities like caring for children or learning about the past that rewards you...
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We have Broccoli!

I never thought I’d see it! We have about a dozen broccoli and cauliflowers forming. As you can see the leaves are getting eaten up. I’ve picked off a good number of...
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Tomatoes and Straw

Yesterday Jessi and I weeded around the tomatoes. The ground is quite dry and compacted. We added some compost on all the tomatoes and brassicas, but I am not too optimistic. A...
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okras

We are going to have lots of okras this year which is exciting and slimy. I hope there enough people willing to buy and eat them. We don’t eat gumbo ourselves, but...
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