Tag Archives: vegetable gardening

Surprises

Posted on August 4, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been vegetable gardening now for five years, and I’m no longer completely surprised that when I put in a seed, food grows. It is still amazing how much food grows from a single seed, but I also get downright … Continue reading →

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Festive July Barbecue

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

Summer has arrived when I can pull the first beets. Usually this is earlier than June 30! In fact, many things are dribbling in– the broccoli, the snow peas, and the garlic scapes! If you read this blog, you know … Continue reading →

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Nature is Culture

Posted on June 27, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

The thesis of Michael Pollan’s Second Nature, it seems to me, is that Americans live in a constantly uneasy relationship between nature and culture. Their relationship to the land: from visions of true wilderness (which exists only in the imagination) … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes

Posted on May 18, 2013 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This is the most anxious time in the garden. This year feels especially fraught. In May we have had a record low temperature (14 degrees on May 2) and a record high (96 degrees on May 15). And it is … Continue reading →

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