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Category Archives: flowers
Twice blooming fruit trees?
The past few years I have noticed something unusual. My fruit trees bloom twice. Once in early spring, when I am expecting it, and once in mid-summer when I am not. I noticed it first in our pear tree. With … Continue reading
Posted in flowers, fruit, spring, summer
Tagged fruit trees, global warming, unusual bloom
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Hoppity Hops!
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Our local pub grows hop vines around its patio. Scott, ever one to simply ask, inquired as to whether we could pick some. Yes, but please limit yourselves to one grocery bag. And so we found ourselves along the sidewalk and parking lot of the pub on a busy evening Continue reading
Posted in flowers, Food preservation, harvest
Tagged brewing beer, hop vine, hops in beer
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Sweet Summer Lunch
From the garden: lettuces, baby kale, baby spinach, first strawberries, cilantro flowers.
Spring pick-me-up
Gorgeous, sunny, warm days of outdoor work interspersed with dreary, cold, rainy days of planning. Here are some pics to keep us going on the latter.
Posted in flowers, fruit, spring, vegetable garden
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