Category Archives: Gardening

A greenhouse!

Posted on April 13, 2022 by wonkydonkey

For years I have wanted a greenhouse so I could start my veggies from seed. Our house does not have good windows for seed starts, and up until a few months ago we had a voracious plant-eating feline. So I … Continue reading →

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Finding the good

Posted on June 4, 2020 by wonkydonkey

I can barely keep up with what day of the week it is — and today I realized it is JUNE. The year is half gone, and it’s been fairly shitty so far. Today I’m having one of those “I … Continue reading →

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With hook and needle

Posted on April 16, 2020 by wonkydonkey

One knit blanket done and a crochet one begun! I am feeling better, more stable. Time blunts the sharp edges of grief, and there are many things in my life to be grateful for. New babies, for one. I finished … Continue reading →

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Taking pause

Posted on August 20, 2019 by wonkydonkey

Tour de Fleece was a fun experiment in seeing how much I could spin if given the parameters within which to do so. I managed to spin at least a little on all but a couple days of the Tour; … Continue reading →

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May Day

Posted on May 1, 2019 by wonkydonkey

When I was a kid, May 1st was about spring, and flowers. So here you go: Our dogwood is in full bloom. It’s an oldie, and puts on quite a show. Beneath it was a bit of a shade jungle, … Continue reading →

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Summer garden

Posted on July 27, 2018 by wonkydonkey

Ah, summer – how I love thee, and being able to eat from the backyard on an evening too hot for cooking.

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Don’t blink

Posted on July 21, 2018 by wonkydonkey

When you forget to check on your garden for a week, you get Jurassic zucchini to wrestle out from under the vines. I cut these on Friday before they could crush my house.

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Sort of contrary

Posted on June 5, 2018 by wonkydonkey

How does your garden grow? Mine is hit or miss, with some plants thriving and others… Not so much. There’s a bumper crop of potatoes coming in, and three of the five asparagus plants I set this year came up … Continue reading →

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At least something is thriving

Posted on August 10, 2017 by wonkydonkey

Most of our garden is a bust this year – between record rainfall during a cold spring and then an overnight swing to the longest dry spell and high temps for the summer, most things couldn’t survive.  But the tomatoes, … Continue reading →

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Feeling pretty hipster

Posted on July 9, 2017 by wonkydonkey

My raspberry plants are finally mature enough to produce jam-making levels of fruit – so today, my first batch of homegrown, organic, vegan-friendly, low-sugar raspberry jam will be canned. In jars with chalkboard labels. 

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