Although Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, now is a good time to order seeds and plan your garden.
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
During the last week of January the FEDCO Seed Catalogue arrived in the mail. That Sunday morning, I made some coffee and settled into the task of choosing seeds for this year’s garden. Flipping through the newspaper-quality pages of a real paper catalogue and circling seed choices in pencil was so much fun, and so incredibly low-tech. It made me realize how computer/internet-centric our culture really is. (Wait, is there an ...
Moving from Boston to the suburbs caused Alison to lose access to her local farmers’ market, but opened her up to the world of backyard gardening.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
My husband and I just moved from Boston to a suburb south of the city, causing us to loose access to wonderful farmers’ markets, food coops and other local food vendors. Our choices for produce are now limited to Shaw’s and Roche Bros supermarkets where, even in the middle of the summer, the produce looks pitiful. The greens are all limp and old while the fruit is damaged, brown and unripe. The tomatoes in the ...
