Ambassador Kosh Rides Again
In the immortal words of my favorite Vorlon, “and so it begins.” The teeny, tiny envelope of 2011 seeds has arrived. Nestled within, only four seed packets. This, compared with last year: It’s not that this year’s garden will be any smaller, oh no; it is simply most of last year’s seeds will be making [...]
Maybe Ordering Seeds Will Warm Me Up…
As the flakes of snow bluster sideways, carried on the bonechilling wind outside the library here in Hartland, the old boiler cannot quite keep up with the demands this drafty building puts upon it. Watching the hunched-over, bundled up passers-by on the sidewalk below, with their scarves over their faces, hats smushed down as far [...]
Garden Planning
Yesterday, as the wind blew and the snow swirled, I spent a good many hours planning our first garden. We’re fortunate to have a pretty large yard with a substantial area (40′ x 100′) already fenced off for gardening. even though it’s currently buried under a foot of snow (which I adore, it’s fabulous,) it’s [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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