» Archive for August, 2008

Victory (container) Garden

Saturday, August 30th, 2008 by gwen

Victory is mine! Last summer was my first successful container garden filled with tomatoes and basil. Again this year I decided to stick to tomatoes, but I wanted to branch out to a few different heirloom varieties. In New England, August is the month of tomatoes, and our plants’ branches are finally brimming. Between our CSA, and our own tomatoes, we don’t know what to do with ourselves – it looks like I may have to start jarring some of them.

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Losses and gaines

Monday, August 11th, 2008 by gwen

What I have lost: a friend, a family member, most of my patience.

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