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Le Jardin 2010

Monday, June 28th, 2010

About a week ago, I finally finished planting my garden.  I ran late (as usual) setting out some seedlings and all three attempts to start my typical heirloom tomato lineup from seed ran afoul of greens-craving kittens and rough winds.  So I bought hothouse starts, which as of this date are doing well, except for [...]

What’s really wild

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

A little over four and a half years ago my family moved from Payson City in Utah County to a new home at the desert’s edge in San Juan County, Utah.  Living on the Colorado Plateau has been something of a dream come true. Besides reintroducing me to a more natural (for me) environment, living [...]