Monthly Archives: July 2011

Queries for Readers

Posted on 28/07/2011 by fishinthewater

I’ve tried to ask you readers questions before, and haven’t had very many responses. But aside from my extended absence last week, it seems there is a good group of you who are actually reading and commenting, for which I … Continue reading →

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Agriculture is Harder, Pt. 3

Posted on 27/07/2011 by fishinthewater

Part One Part Two I really do see the benefits of promoting more ecology based farming, as described yesterday in part two. Even if it’s not ideal- even if it’s not, you know, restoring ideal habitat or anything- it is … Continue reading →

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Agriculture is Harder, Pt.2

Posted on 26/07/2011 by fishinthewater

Click here for part one, in which I ramble about how much I hate weeding. My head is totally full of ideas of how we’re going to plant next year. The tomatoes will probably still be in rows- there’s just … Continue reading →

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Agriculture is Harder

Posted on 25/07/2011 by fishinthewater

I know, I know. I’ve been a bad blogger, not saying anything for the entire last week. I wasn’t even away on vacation. Just away in my mind. And one of the things that is growing ever more present in … Continue reading →

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Friday Food Roundup

Posted on 22/07/2011 by fishinthewater

Weeee! Lots of random food pictures! So I made this swiss chard thing. They passed out the recipe in our CSA share, which is good, cause I sure as hell didn’t know what to do with swiss chard. Its basically … Continue reading →

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Friday Food Roundup

Posted on 15/07/2011 by fishinthewater

As I’ve been rather busy, I skipped the Friday Food Roundup last week. And because I’m busy this week, it’s going to be another short one. To the point! This is one of the eggs from Georgia, one of the … Continue reading →

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Zucchini a Million Ways (updated)

Posted on 15/07/2011 by fishinthewater

Or three. You know. There’s still, despite the lack of rain and the damnable squash vine borers, lots of zucchini. I keep trying to think of new creative ways to use it up. Yes, there it is. Grated zucchini. I … Continue reading →

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Cats Will Make You Cry

Posted on 12/07/2011 by fishinthewater

*WARNING: Contains graphic images of dead animals. Which are not cats.* Well, no, not really. But they are damnably frustrating. So I’ve been talking about raw feeding my cats. (Catch up here.) And I thought it was going really well- … Continue reading →

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The Pests Descend

Posted on 11/07/2011 by fishinthewater

It happened. The pests have descended. When I go out in the early morning to water the plants, everything is covered. We got by easy in the first months, probably cause there were so many new plants everywhere, plus it … Continue reading →

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How the Garden Grows

Posted on 09/07/2011 by fishinthewater

Well, that is. Everything is growing well! Despite the infestation, which I’ll tell you all about on Monday. For now, just enjoy the pretty. Click to make the pictures nice and big. Tomatoes are starting to get ridiculously big: Except … Continue reading →

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