Parsley is parceled

Sorry, parsley. I was cooking up a stew, and remembered you exist. Snip. Snip. Snip. You have been parsed.

Turkey thyme

I keep forgetting that I have parsley still growing in one corner of the herb garden. In the mean thyme, there’s a plant that seems determined make sure there is no parsley left to forget about. So with a mighty snoop of my scissors, I cut off a wave of thyme. Thus, the latest harvest. […]

A squirrel or two in view

This is the view from the back window the other day. The cat, I think, is looking the wrong way.

My little bit of winter grey

A little bit of wind, a little bit of weather, and that maple tree dropped off its leaves in golden sheets to be raked. I told you that moment of glory wouldn’t last long.

My little bit of autumn gold

One day, the maple tree in the backyard is starting to look a bit worn out, its green faded. The next day, it looks glorious, especially in the morning with the sun full on it. In a few days, it will be all gone, but not yet. Not yet.

The mystery squash have landed

Last night, the real reason I was drawn out to look at the Moon was because my Michael had came in, noting that there were slugs all over one of the mystery squashes. Yes, slugs made those holes on Larry the Squash. Since slugs are so good at detecting when strawberries are sweet, I wonder […]

Go look at the sky with your eyes

Our Moon and Jupiter are best buddies tonight. They’ll be pretty close for the next few nights as well, if you don’t remember to look up tonight. Jupiter has been an especially big and fat and bright dot in the sky lately. Since it’s roughly at the opposite side of the sky to the Sun, […]

Today’s harvest is just a bowl full of collards

Here by popular demand, is …

Harvesting thyme

I swear I cut off huge fistfuls from the thyme plant, but it’s still so massive, it doesn’t look any different. Now the stems are stacked up in the food dryer, and the whole house smells like the best stew ever. There’s plenty more thyme where that came from. Anybody want some thyme?

In the winter garden

Go, baby scallions! Stretch for that light.