Category Archives: garden

April

Posted on April 10, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Hello! I know I need to blog today if only to move the homepage from Easter! We are ten days into the Easter season (Alleluia!) and slogging through the most unscenic time of the year here. We’ve continued to have highs … Continue reading →

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Preparations

Posted on March 30, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I love hosting Easter at our house. Steve has hosted lots of family gatherings in this house, and it’s only taken me five years to relax and realize that there is an order to this and everything will work. I … Continue reading →

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Vernal Equinox

Posted on March 20, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Hello from the First Day of Spring in Minnesota. We’re having a good old-fashioned winter here, with more snow Monday and more snow on the way and very cold temperatures (single digits) still. When it does warm up, the kids get … Continue reading →

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Seed Scattering

Posted on March 14, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

  Yesterday afternoon I walked out through a foot of crunchy snow and put my hand into the cold frame to see if the soil was perhaps thawed enough to work. It was only about 18 degrees outside, but the sun … Continue reading →

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Flax

Posted on March 1, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Last year, some folks at the college planted a field of flax with the intention of using the fiber to make paper. The paper hasn’t been made yet, but the artist in residence mentioned to me that they were looking for text … Continue reading →

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First Garden Post of 2013

Posted on February 23, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

So… last year about this time I was hinting at the new “secret weapon” that was going to extend the season and transform my garden. It turned out to be the cheap piece of crap you see in ruins below. … Continue reading →

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The New Old Foods

Posted on January 12, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I am sure I’ve said before that Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle  changed my life. It is the second book by Barbara Kingsolver that changed my life, as Poisonwood Bible also had a huge effect on my thinking about … Continue reading →

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Making 2013 Plan(t)s

Posted on December 31, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’m not a big one for New Year’s Resolutions. But my world is kind of full right now of pressure to “set goals,” and there are plenty of areas where I could set goals for the year, were I so … Continue reading →

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Christmas Activity

Posted on December 28, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I have so far avoided hosting Christmas Day for the whole family– the count on Christmas Day is 35, and it’s a time when we have an extra 4-6 people at the house already, Steve’s daughters and sundry partners/boyfriends. I … Continue reading →

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Mayan Apocalypse Chicken

Posted on December 23, 2012 by susanmsink@gmail.com

For the apocalypse, you might prefer something spicier. I pulled out a tomatillo simmer sauce I put up in August and it was delicious– complex and with plenty of zing– but not taking itself terribly seriously. Tomatillos did not have … Continue reading →

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