Well then. After a few weeks of heat and drought, now the flood. Water is literally leaking into my bedroom right now through the crack in the fire escape door. The storm is also bad news for those of us who wanted to go see the outdoor screening of Buena Vista Social Club tonight. But [...]
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Here comes the rain again…
Posted in Gardening, tagged beans, carrots, DC, rain, tomatoes, weather on July 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Carolyn, Superstar
Posted in Gardening, tagged tomatoes on July 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A lot of my tomatoes have been disappointments this year. The Cherokee Purple that I started from seed is shriveling up and dying, as are a few of the plants I bought as starts. It looks like I will get exactly one Roma tomato before the plant gives up. Could be disease, could be the [...]
Zowie, what a harvest!
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged basil, beans, carrots, dill, harvest, herbs, mint, shallots, string beans, swiss chard, tomatoes on June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On Friday after work I zipped out to my garden, hoping to do a little weeding before the sun went down (and to avoid going out there in this weekend’s oppressive heat and humidity). I ended up spending most of the time harvesting a huge amount of produce that was absolutely ready to be picked/dug/thinned/etc. [...]
I am not a tomato killer, I swear!
Posted in Gardening, tagged hubris, tomatoes on April 6, 2010 | 8 Comments »
On Saturday I went out to my community garden plot (with Jazmin, a new gardening friend – thanks for the company!). My intention: to plant some of the tomato seedlings I started from seed. They’d been sitting on my open windowsill, getting used to the cool night temperatures. Some of them were also starting to [...]
Weekend Photos: Signs of Spring
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged basil, cherry blossoms, Dupont Circle farmer's market, flowers, seedlings, spring, tomatoes on March 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Oh, it’s glorious outside! We’re finally getting out of this crazy winter. And after having a cold earlier this week, I am feeling that surge of energy and optimism that you get when your sinuses are suddenly open and you can smell and taste and breathe again. Everything’s beautiful.
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Dr. Carolyn Wins Gold!
Posted in Commentary, tagged olympics, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After sitting around for a week doing nothing, the pepper and tomato seeds I planted were seriously starting to worry me. I planted three seeds in each little peat pot, and yet nothing was coming up. What if they were just rotting away in there? But today, the Dr. Carolyn yellow cherry tomato won the [...]
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