Weed, Goats etc.

by | Apr 20, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

The garden is finally feeling like a garden. I’ve got onions in on the far left. In the central of the three dark beds is a mixed bed: spinach, carrots, lettuce and some radishes. They’re all coming up from seed and pretty tiny yet. I don’t plant...

Choppin Broccoli

by | Jun 29, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

In the mid 80’s I lived in a country without Saturday Night Live. It also lacked malls and all of the wonderful sights and sounds that these offered teenagers. In my mid-teens this seemed like an affront to my American personhood. I bitched about it quite a bit....

Humble Bumble

by | Apr 6, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

The humble bumble I stepped out this morning to attend to my chores. The indigent boarders let the chickens out these days, but don’t feed or water them. If you don’t water a chicken it’ll dry up and blow away in the wind. So one of my chores is to...

Mr. Stink

by | Jul 3, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

My corner of Northampton has a pretty diverse population of wild beasts. Bears sometimes stroll through on their way to the meadows. Herons fly over most nights returning to the heronry and at dusk the air fills first with swifts and swallows then with bats cleansing...

Sparrow grass

by | Apr 23, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

Sparrow grass Shortly after moving into our first house I made a trench in the backyard and put down some asparagus crowns. The spot didn’t get enough light and over the next few years I never really got a satisfying harvest. The plants also got infested with...