Herbs, kerbs, perbs, and honeysuckle
It’s a grey day here, a mizzle of drizzle. But the garden is lush. Next time the sun comes out, I’ll take…
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Coupla pictures for Sunday
I’ve started to read Hild now. I have to say (modesty is not in my DNA) the first hundred pages rock the…
Read moreDaffodils and roses and truffles
Breakfast: Irish breakfast tea, scrambled egg (with parsley and chives, our very own kerbs) on toast, followed by handmade Cognac truffles–while the…
Read moreLazarus kerbs
So after a near-death experience, followed by pruning (heavy-heart, firm hand*), it look as though our oregano, marjoram, and thyme might make…
Read moreKerbs and perbs and rock n roll
The Tragedy of the kerbs (kitchen herbs, grown hydroponically) is still a mystery. But we’ve taken radical steps. We cut all the…
Read moreTragedy in Kerbville
Our kerbs got breathed on last night by a frost giant from an alien dimension. Or something. The oregano and marjoram have…
Read moreThe difference between oregano and marjoram
The kerbs keeps growing. The oregano and marjoram have tangled up with each other and…fused. And, honestly, I just can’t tell the…
Read moreKerbian explosion
The kerbs have been feeding us for three weeks now. As you can see, harvesting them just encourages their insane growth. The…
Read moreBreakage
Yesterday was a day of breakage. We woke up to snow, and a ravaged curly willow. The tree had survived the Great…
Read moreKerb explosion
It was just five weeks ago that we started our kitchen bio experiment of growing herbs hydroponically: the kitchen herbs a/k/a the…
Read moreFirst green and growing things of 2011
So the kerbs are starting the year well: The chives (out of frame) are tall and skinny, supercilious and supermodel-y. The basil,…
Read more2010 in pictures: green and growing things
I got a bit obsessed with plant-based lifeforms this year: the trees in the ravine, the garden, the pot herbs on the…
Read moreSunshine and kerbs
The sun is shining. The kerbs are growing. DADT has fallen. Life is good. Here, just because I can, are some gratuitous…
Read moreNickel Creek and the Kerbs
Not a new band name, sadly. Nope, we’re in the middle of a Pineapple Express. Under the house, the sump pump is…
Read moreIt’s alive!!
The kerbs are alive!! The thyme came up first: Closely followed by the oregano: Yeah, you’ll have to squint. My camera only…
Read morePerbs are dead, long live the kerbs
A picture taken yesterday morning: the torture tree has lost the last of its leaves. Winter is officially upon us. (Here‘s how…
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