Today we celebrate the birth of the possum-catching, sausage-making, sign-hanging, eldest member of the homestead, Alex. On Saturday evening we invited family to our house for a feast for Alex and my sister Megan, whose birthday is July 16.  They always have the best birthday dinners because there are so many wonderful vegetables in season at the end of July! I welcomed guests with Algonquin cocktails and bruschetta made with homegrown Julia Child tomatoes and [...]

We visited the other garden last Tuesday.  Look what we found: Corn!! Corn that hides Lil the corn princess! Ears of corn with tassels! Corn with whispy leaves taller than me! Baby squash lacing through the corn and… …heart shaped sweet potato leaves winding their way through the squash! Our community garden plot is growing according to plan; mostly it takes care of itself.  Here’s hoping the rest of the summer proceeds with fairly normal [...]