tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post2965085444098249446..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Seeds of civilizationdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-63393271892304233152014-03-02T10:56:54.184-05:002014-03-02T10:56:54.184-05:00Yes, the light is back. It is true. I just trudge...Yes, the light is back. It is true. I just trudged through the new snow to the compost. I pushed aside 8 new inches of snow (not kidding), dumped the peelings from yesterday's feast for the cast and crew of the show my girls are in, and left the top off so that the squirrels could have at it.<br />I will nibble on the violets this year - and maybe the purslane. I have yet to acquire a taste for amaranth.<br />So, off to clear the back steps. And to find that seed catalog.Katehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-78524854181236053312014-03-02T09:42:29.332-05:002014-03-02T09:42:29.332-05:00Dear Kate,
Give it a try! Despite what the expert...Dear Kate,<br /><br />Give it a try! Despite what the experts say, my tomato seedlings do fine in a very cool basement with a cheap fluorescent light set-up. I think the cool helps their root development (but I may just be imagining that).<br /><br />I nibble on purslane, but then I nibble on the day lilies, too.<br /><br />As bad as the weather can get (and has been) in March, the light is back! doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-21295286212720458712014-03-02T09:14:43.968-05:002014-03-02T09:14:43.968-05:00I woke today thinking of the garden. We are buried...I woke today thinking of the garden. We are buried in snow and thought briefly about starting tomatoes and peppers inside this year. I would need some mechanical assistance from artificial light and heat, and I wondered if was up for that. <br />But the garden calls.<br />I still have a tree (Illinois River Birch) and shrubs (lilacs and yews) to plant this spring as well as the vegetables that remind all of us where our food comes from and how much effort it takes to yield beans over goosefoot (aka lamb's quarters) which, yes I know - that, along with the purslane, I could eat, but in the words of Bartleby the scrivener, "I would prefer not to." <br />So dreams of the garden, the grapes and the apples, the pears and the annuals. <br />They keep me goingKatehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com