Note to the future: It was June 29th, 2009 that I started forcing my guests to take home produce.  It happens every year.  I go outside and realize that there’s no chance we’re going to eat those 12 heads of lettuce before they bolt.  And a person can only maintain so many vases of sweet [...]

Don't call it Flexeril!

Whatcha got there is my collection of pills that I’m currently supposed to be taking.  Somehow, I went from my 30s to my 80s.  I’m going to have to get one of those little plastic dispenser things to keep track.  And pull my pants way up.

Most of those are to treat [...]

My favorite mom’s sister asked me a couple of questions today, and I thought they were worth a post since they seem to come up a lot.  Plus, I don’t have anything else to talk about today.

1.) Do you know anything about tomato pruning?

I usually prune my indeterminate (vining) tomatoes to two main stems [...]

Well, it’s not my first sting ever, but it’s my first since I got bees.  And, get this, after all the stupid, incompetent bee wrangling I’ve done– collecting the swarm, splitting the colony, generally being a huge klutz– she stung me as I was bringing out the dinner scraps for the chickens.

On the way back [...]