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Hounds in the Kitchen is growing not unlike the edible garden in our backyard. I planted seeds in education, writing, and speaking from this blog. Some have borne fruit already. Some activities seem to reseed themselves, providing [...]

Sexy Homegrown Tomatoes Bare All

Oh, Julia Child, you dear pink tomato. Your blushing beauty covers your spicy inside, tempting gardeners for decades.

Cherokee Chocolate, dark enchantress of the bunch. That Christmas colored skin of yours yields to a dark juicy flesh, dripping with sunlight transformed to sweetness.

Then there’s you, Rutgers. Your pleats, your bulbous inundations, inspire a thousand delicious thoughts.

The Garden, She’s Been Growin’

I realize that is has been an obscenely long time since I posted a garden update. It’s not that we haven’t been gardening, but that our hands are so frequently covered in dirt that I haven’t updated. Here’s what’s going on:

Peas were a complete failure this year. Boo!!
We ate several meals of broccoli from our two [...]

Bird Netting EVERYWHERE: Why and How

Just after the second set of pea leaves appeared, birds started eating them. I blame sparrows, the possibly invasive species that seem to swarm our neighborhood in the spring.

So, bird netting is on the peas.

Last year we lost strawberries to the squirrels. Even with Alex’s not exactly legit squirrel hunting, they still come around.

Bird netting is [...]

Fruit Blossoms and How I Care for Them

No flower is more welcomed in my garden than the first buds of our fruit trees and bushes. With the warmth of the past few days, the peach trees in the treeyard bloomed.

I spotted a strawberry flower in the bed yesterday. These beautiful flowers will soon develop into sweet nutritious fruit.
The dwarf cherry has buds just [...]

Archive for the ‘What’s Growing’ Category

Conference at a Crossroads

Sexy Homegrown Tomatoes Bare All

The Garden, She’s Been Growin’

Bird Netting EVERYWHERE: Why and How

Fruit Blossoms and How I Care for Them

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