From the monthly archives:

June 2006

To Complain, Or Not

June 16, 2006

Early summer is the time when I pass from the state of “getting behind” into the state of “being behind.” It is a time when there are a lot of beautiful things I might take joy in, but instead find myself wallowing in guilt or despair over unaccomplished goals. Nobody knows how to ruin a [...]

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Mow The Field, Mind The Blueberries

June 13, 2006

Sometimes, it’s better not to think about certain things. Sometimes it’s better to pretend you didn’t see, to not think about it. Sometimes one might wonder how there can be such moral quandaries about mowing a field.

We have a back field of about five acres that runs up the hill to the edge of the [...]

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Confession

June 12, 2006

Not only have I not been posting to my blog, I haven’t been reading yours. Or yours. Or even yours. According to my Bloglines account, there are over 300 garden blog entries that I haven’t looked at–and I reset it to “Mark All Read” at the beginning of June!
Believe me, I’m not happy about this [...]

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Open Days in Tioga County

June 6, 2006

Do you remember the specialist snowdrop catalog I mentioned way back in January? If you happen to be near Trumansburg, NY, this Saturday, you can visit his garden (and three others) thanks to the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program. I wish I were touring all four gardens, but I’ve got way too much gardening to [...]

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