Tag Archives: gardening

In Case You Were Wondering About the Garden

By Erin | Published: August 27, 2010

It died. The herbs are still puttering along, but everything else has become bug food. We are feeding bugs. We’re very generous like that. And I think our gardening days are going on a leave of absence, duration unknown. Farmers market, here I come…

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Snapshot

By Erin | Published: July 1, 2010

Life: It’s cloudy out and I sort of wish I could spend the day sleeping, but I also have the day at home so I want to be productive. There are query letters fanned out across the carpet behind me, Gracie is sleeping in the living room, Oliver is staring out the kitchen window, I [...]

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As the Garden Grows

By Erin | Published: June 8, 2010

I made it out to the garden today for a much-needed reacquainting. It’s amazing what changes a couple weeks can make when vegetables are involved. Everything exploded. The squash is going crazy, a couple of the broccoli have gotten big enough to pick, the herbs are thriving, and there are tomatoes taking their sweet time [...]

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Two Weeks

By Erin | Published: May 7, 2010

In the long list of Things That Must Be Done Before I Leave, a stack of library books has been my favorite “to do.” I finished Julia Child’s My Life in France yesterday and will start another Tim O’Brien today (reading all his books seems a worthy, and reachable, goal for the year). Julia’s book [...]

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Spring Days

By Erin | Published: April 30, 2010

Yesterday, A.’s mother was home, sick, so he and I spent most of our time outdoors, to try and let her rest. We took a forty-five minute walk, and he was remarkably good and only got restless toward the very end. The weather was perfect—just on the edge of chilly, but bright and clear. A. [...]

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