Category Archives: garden

Flowerland

Posted on May 8, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It is difficult to get motivated about the flower garden when you look out the window and the whole “backyard” is coming up in wildflowers. In fact, at the retreat house where I work, which will have its first major … Continue reading →

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Planting

Posted on May 1, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This is my first real harvest of the season, from April 30, 2015. The greens and radishes came out of the cold frame and the asparagus and chives just came up out of the ground! Most of what these days … Continue reading →

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More Spring

Posted on April 19, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I went to Chicago for four days and this happened. I’m so sad I missed it– the fire to beat all fires, burning the wetlands. The green parts of the prairie were burned two weeks ago, and as you can … Continue reading →

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Starting Inside

Posted on April 8, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Note to self: don’t put any plants outside when it’s maple syrup season. This “when the soil can be worked” business seems to me a cruel joke. I have been all optimistic and got a crushing blow from the weather this past week. … Continue reading →

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Bright Sun, Howling Wind

Posted on March 28, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I have been reading through old pieces of writing trying to find poems and seeds of poems to develop for a manuscript I’m putting together. I found a draft written in late April that talked about wanting to plant out in the raised … Continue reading →

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Arrival of the Chickens

Posted on March 23, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

One of Steve’s favorite stories about his daughter Julia is about getting chickens. They drove out to the hatchery one spring morning and picked up a small box packed with baby chicks. A few years at the beginning they got as … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse Visit

Posted on March 17, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last Wednesday (pre-junket) I went to visit a greenhouse in Buffalo, Minnesota. The greenhouse is part of the alternative/technical high school in Buffalo, but was not being used this year. Two farmers rented the space to grow greens and plant … Continue reading →

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spring forward (and drink kombucha!)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Tonight the clocks, if modern enough, will spring forward all on their own. The sun is already setting near 7 p.m., so starting tomorrow it will set at 8. We spring forward into more sunlight and, although it will snow more before … Continue reading →

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The Coop

Posted on March 4, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

A friend on Facebook recently woke up on her birthday and went out of her house to find her husband bought her a shiny new car and there it was with a big bow on it. We all know this moment– from television commercials, … Continue reading →

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Squash and Pepper Soup

Posted on March 2, 2015 by susanmsink@gmail.com

At certain points in the gardening season, when things are coming in fast and furious, many gardeners give up careful canning and preservation strategies and just start chopping up stuff and throwing it in the freezer. I made quite a … Continue reading →

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