I QUIT!
Okay, fine.  Maybe I don’t quit.  But seriously, I spent yesterday afternoon re-potting my herb garden and raddishes and then the raddish pot just flew off the window sill onto the ground.  it might have had to do with a freak thunderstorm at 8 PM and Jon and I rushing around to close windows [...]

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Last night we feasted!  Well, maybe not feasted but after some research I figured out that my basil plants were way overdue for some pruning given the small size of the container I’m growing them in.  So, I plucked the leaves off, gave them a quick rinse, and broke out the bread, mozzarella, peppers, and [...]

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Hello, my name is Ashley and I am a terrible gardener.  Personally, I don’t think it should be all that hard to grow herbs inside and so I am kind of taking this whole fungus and bug infestation thing kind of personally.  I did everything right– I did!  There are rocks and some sand and [...]

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Thanks for letting me talk about Dr. Tiller’s death yesterday.  I’ve re-started my politically themed blog over at the Fifth Column. I am going to try to keep this space at least reasonably apolitical from here on out.

My garden has nothing on Ariel’s– my thumb is, not green really, more like a deep yellow that, [...]

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