Sometimes not having posted in a while becomes its own bar to restarting the writing process.  My unannounced retreat from blogging began wh...

I may not be the most diligent blogger, but I'm dogged when it comes to gardening.  I'm not a quick study, and certainly no expert....

The chive flowers have been blooming for about two weeks now.  They are such cheerful adornments for the garden.  Each year I take a divisi...

Just a quick report on a successful experiment started early this year with snow peas (mangetout), one of my favorite vegetables.  Peas in ...

Deanna over at Crunchy Chicken has a post up about her top five picks among edible garden plants.  I was going to just respond to her post ...

It's been a while since I posted anything about our backyard flock.  So some parts of this update could not in fairness be called news. ...