A Crunchy Life

When the announcement was made this spring that Google Reader would be no more come July I was miffed and a little panicky all at once.  What would I do to find new posts on blogs now?  I surely did NOT want to return to the days when I would click on links to each [...]

Let’s be honest, care is a nice word to describe my seedling obsession. I’ve said it before. I stalk my seedlings. It might be because I am continually amazed as I watch them grow and change. Really, how could you not be? Look at those little black specks in my banner, those are the seeds [...]

. . . to the dirt! Without rushing it, sticking with it through the clean-up and organization of the tools.  My gardening season began this past week.  Right now a good portion of my onion seedlings have sprouted.  This coming weekend I’ll plant more seeds for the upcoming garden.  And I’ll watching them all daily, [...]

For those of you who are still stopping by to visit me in my little corner of cyberspace, thank you and welcome! I know it’s been a long time.  I was happy to be away and am now happy to be back. We started a new tradition this past weekend.  There are several threads that [...]

It’s true.  In fact we’ve jokingly designed our ideal commune with our friends many times over when we visit together.  I truly believe in the phrase, “many hands make light the work.”  Have you ever weeded with a companion, harvested abundance with someone to talk with, folded laundry while chatting?  The tasks fly past or [...]

I’ve been planting and stalking, though I haven’t shared here as I usually do. So I thought I’d give a little update about what is happening in our little garden growing world: Many little seeds have been planted, this year in soil blocks. It’s my first time using them and so far, so good. I’ve [...]

Who knew that weeding could be such fun? Or scratching your back in the grass so delightful? There was a bit of fun mixed in with the work that finally got done, clearing out our garden beds and readying them for the growing season ahead. There was so much old growth & leaves in the [...]

Yesterday I visited my vegetable garden in the 30 degree weather.  All the work of the past year laid out before me, and all the work left undone, too. So now come my guilty gardening confessions. I didn’t clean out my beds this year. Not just the old plants that should have gone to the [...]

September’s still summer, but the nights are like fall. I love this song by Girlyman (they’re one of my favorite bands).  The lyrics were running through my head this past weekend as we experienced glorious sunny days but cool, damp nights.  We were thankful for being together as a family and alive, as we reflected [...]

I am always amazed when tiny seeds, when placed in dirt with some water, produce food like this: I harvested these on the 27th to add to Amanda Soule’s Carrot Tomato Soup.  (Yes, all was washed before adding to the pot!) We had plenty for dinner that night with leftovers for yesterday & today.  I [...]