Fried green potatoes

by | Aug 19, 2011 | Talk Dirt to Me

Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are in the nightshade or solonaceae family. When Linnaeus a noted Sweedish perve, first started classifying plants he did it in part based on the way the flowers looked. If you wonder through a garden, you will notice that tomato, potato...

dirt is not soil

by | May 26, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

Sometimes in passing some citified slicker will claim to be working the dirt in his/her garden. I usually smile politely and edge away. Gardens don’t have dirt in them, they have soil. The difference lies not only in the connotation of “dirt” and...

Cantaloupe

by | Aug 23, 2011 | Talk Dirt to Me

I have only recently begun growing Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. A good cantaloupe delights me and monster #2. We sit an munch away at breakfast while monster #1 prattles on about pokemon or some such rot. The smell alone, the musk, can set my mouth to watering....

Corn armor

by | May 28, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

I wish I had some armor for my corn. Some years ago I grew corn but didn’t wind up eating a single ear. All of the ears were consumed either by evil ear boring caterpillars or raccoons. Sweet corn is delicious and the varmints know it. Corn is also a big feeder;...

Opiliones sp.

by | Aug 28, 2011 | Talk Dirt to Me

I spent the most recent on a secludedish island with several associates. We canoed out for a weekend of quiet reverence and prayerful vigils. Needless to say, the talk turned to daddy long legs, or “harvestmen” as wikipedia says they are commonly called....