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I love parsnips! They are super expensive here, I’ve never seen them sold at a reasonable price, so I usually only indulge in this vegetable for special occasions. This year Attila agreed to try growing them again, other years they had failed to thrive. This year they have thrived in the raised beds. Tomorrow I… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Parsnips

I think my peace of mind has returned. Denial can be a very useful tool, if used judicially. I am sitting in my easy chair, looking around me at the small and busy environment that is our home, Mist Cottage. The garden is wild and lush, full of life, food, and flowers. Birds and insects… Continue reading The Berkey

Some days I am extremely busy avoiding what I don’t like doing. It can occupy all of my time. Today is one of those days. Today I am avoiding the shower. I hate dealing with my hair. I dislike hair wrapping itself around my fingers as I wash or rinse my hair. I dislike collecting… Continue reading Hair!!

The last few days have been rather busy, in a good way. Attila harvested a large number of Lemon Cucumbers. I have been enjoying them peeled and sliced with my breakfasts for a week or more now. The plants are now coming into their own, lots of cucumbers. Since our pickling cucumbers did not do… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Cucumbers

Sometimes just the smallest little thing, lasting just a minute or two, can fill a grey scale world with brilliant colour. I am in the midst of the “great cataract misadventure”, a very disruptive experience, bleeding into everyday life. Attila is feeling it too. It certainly has made things seem dull and grey. But a… Continue reading A Little Thing