dindsenchas
New word! It describes a collection of texts (poetry and prose) from early Irish literature explaining the origins of place names. From Oregon Quarterly article, Oregon’s Epic Estuaries, by Michael Strelow: In twelfth-century Ireland,...
Monthly Archive: April 2011
lady’s mantle etc.
Today I moved a clump of monarda out of the vegetable garden – the only one left after years of monarda abuse in that location, and they were so pretty. Also moved a few...
spreading rhubarb
The leftover rhubarb clumps have found new homes – four of them! the home of the gardener to whom I made the rhubarb drop Dolan Middle School’s garden St Catherine of Siena’s mini garden...
coles
planted the cole crops, seedlings: broccoli and kale first, then cabbages (green and red), then brussels sprouts this saturday heavy rain saturday night watered everything in thoroughly
first ride of 2011
10 miles just a quick jaunt down to Cove Island and back
new raspberry garden
Demolished a large brush pile and transplanted a row of raspberries in the reclaimed space
rhubarb
moved the rhubarb out of the vegetable garden to a more out-of-the way corner several clumps left over to give away