Fall is certainly here — we have seen the last of the hot weather and I think that very soon it may even freeze at night. So yesterday Brian and I spent a few hours breaking down the vegetable garden. We pulled out everything but the acorn squash — which has produced a couple of […]
Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
garden failures and successes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off on garden failures and successes
quickly
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, gardening, pregnant on August 19, 2009 | Comments Off on quickly
Finally started reading Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth today on the way home (I’ve had it for months now, wanted to wait to read it until we were getting close). So totally inspired, empowered, and calmed by the natural approach to the most natural thing in the world. I could gab much more about this […]
garden for dinner
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, gardening on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dinner tonight was a green salad and cous cous with chicken. In the salad: mixed summer greens from the farmers market, grown here in town; carrots from my garden; cucumber; radishes; homemade vinaigrette. In the cous cous: sugar snap peas and mint from my garden; cherry tomatoes; toasted pine nuts; golden raisins; sauteed chicken breast; […]
gondola, odds and ends
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening, movies on July 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I paid for a pedicure. I can no longer comfortably reach my toes, and it was nice to get a pampering foot soak/scrub/massage. I brought in a polish I just bought, it’s a new Chanel color that is best described as red wine with subtle sparkle. I love it. And their polish has the […]
food
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening on July 15, 2009 | Comments Off on food
Mandatory unpaid day off today. Fortunately the weather is perfect, and my cough has slightly diminished. I started my day by going to the OB clinic to do the blood draw for my glucose test. Do I have gestational diabetes? Probably not, but it seems that the test they do for this condition is notorious […]
layer cake
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby, gardening on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
+ A couple of days ago, I pulled the first carrot from our garden. It was about five inches long, pale orange, and delicious. My dad was over at the time, helping us out with our front porch staining/sealing project, and when I brought the carrot over, he said “let’s eat it!”, rinsed it off […]
harvest
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Planted these from teensy seeds six weeks ago.
Protected: a sunny day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening on April 4, 2009 | Comments Off on Protected: a sunny day
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week eleven
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening, pregnant on March 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Though it’s really week nine, but whatev. We went to my first OB appointment Friday and my doctor used a special amplifier on my abdomen to allow us to hear the fetal heartbeat. whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh! it said. Best part of the exam. Doc also said I need to basically graze all day, and […]
doh
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening on September 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My biggest tomato plant broke in half last night. It was too heavy to bear the weight of all the fruit. The stake it was tied to was not tall enough. So I’m left with a large heavy stalk with a dozen unripe tomatoes on it. I put it into a jug of water. Is […]