I mentioned in an earlier post that I was going to compile a list of my favorite books about gardening and botany. This is quite a diverse list. Some of these books are on the history of gardening. Some are scientific. Some are practical guides on keeping a garden. Some are philosophical ruminations on gardening … Continue reading Delightfully nerdy books on gardening and botany
Breakfast of champions and beach food
This may be our most Southern concoction yet (well, at least since alligator jambalaya last week). We started slow-cooking pulled pork last night at bedtime. The combination of the barbecue and intense storms spun off from the tropical depression south of us made for an interesting house to wake up to this morning. It was … Continue reading Breakfast of champions and beach food
Coronavirus lockdowns are intensifying the blue-state exodus, in charts
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What have I done? Forty pounds of caladium tubers!
They arrived! Well, my barbecue for tomorrow was cancelled at the last minute, so it appears this is what I am doing now.
Wealthy New Yorkers discover the homeschooling co-op
Everyone here knows that we were homeschoolers before the coronavirus. I have received a lot of questions about whether I think homeschooling would become more popular after this event. Your typical homeschooling advocate wants to believe that the collapse of public (and private) education during the pandemic would make the scales fall off of everyone's … Continue reading Wealthy New Yorkers discover the homeschooling co-op
A garden update
I continue to be very busy in the garden these days, with a lot of major changes underway. What can I say? It's how I cope. My first plumeria I bought my first plumeria over the weekend. I say "first" as I hope to acquire several over time, as soon as I can figure out … Continue reading A garden update
Hurricane season’s off to an early start…
This guy may become Arthur in the next few days (this is the 5-day map, which shows a path). I'm less than thrilled, as we are supposed to go out on the ocean this weekend. Apparently, we are in for a lot of storms this year, thanks to La Niña. Egad.
