The Inconsequential Blogger

I picked some of the first beans from the garden today. The purple ones are a variety called Red Swan, and the stripy ones are a variety cal...

Japanese beetles have begun to invade our new rosebush plantings. My son is learning the hard way that roses can be a lot of work. I did som...

We've been eating a lot of chard lately. We have lots in the garden, along with red lettuce. We put them together in salads and they...

I just found out about this film and it sounds very interesting. It's called Library of the Early Mind , a documentary film exploring ch...

There are two plants in my garden right now with connections to characters in Homer's Iliad. They are yarrow and elecampane. Elecampane,...

We had a yummy salad last night with some greens from the garden: red lettuce, chard, and spinach. Here's a picture of our colorful char...

My whole yard is practically wild, and my garden plots are just a smidge away from going native. Here's a shot of part of my veg. plot ...

I need to find a sacrifice that will appease the flood gods. It's a good thing we replanted our community plot in raised rows and mound...

I found this quote in the June 7, 2010 issue of Time Magazine . It's by Garrison Keillor. It's almost too true not to repeat. It ori...

Today my daughter and I went out to re-plant our community garden plot. My son and I planted it first several weeks ago. Unfortunately, we h...

We woke up to snow this morning - cottonwood snow. It's really heavy this year, I haven't ever seen quite so much accumulate: The d...