October 21, 2017 archive

Garden Postmortem

The Italian basil is history. The shiso plants have gone to flower, as has the Thai basil. The padrón pepper plants are soldiering on, but it won’t be long before they need to meet the compost bin. The peppermint plant is thriving, but the spearmint plant is DOA. The survivors are all waterlogged with the …

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Oh, Pear

To me, fall hasn’t arrived until locally-grown pears reach grocery stores and fruit stands. Part of the former family orchard consisted of Bartlett pear trees. Two Bartlett trees grew in my grandfather’s front yard, and two Seckel pear trees grew near the old chicken coop on the farm. My grandmother used to can both varieties. …

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