I could have and probably should have taken a bike ride today as it was so beautiful out there, although things are cooling down. Instead, I took at drive north, to Cherry Point Farm and Market, the place that has both of those things and includes the “labyrinth” I’ve written about before. I bought honey…
Tag: food
Doodads — tomato, prickly pear propagation, fermenting, witch hazel, oh my
There are still pics from Tuesday at fmg but they will have to wait. Instead, the focus of this post will be tomatoes, prickly pear propagation, more fermentation, and status of the witch hazel bushes. Tomatoes It’s been an ongoing experiment with the purple reign tomatoes. The reviews that said they produced dwarf tomatoes is…
Doodads from last week or so
A bunch of things have happened and no sense in making separate posts for each. Last but not least, some of you have heard me say that my cat, Dotty, has an exercise wheel. She ran on one at the shelter I adopted her from so I bought her one. She’s mostly used it…
Day 25 — OctWriPoMo — Ode to Loving Asparagus
image link There comes a season In Michigan, When asparagus Slowly rises from the soil It takes the right temperature And the right moisture To make asparagus happen. It is sold at the local farmer’s market At exhorbitant prices, now That the farmer’s market is A fashionable place to be seen. A farmer,…
Pearl’s
Our boss, once a year, bequeaths us three days at a conference, hours north from an already northern place. It’s a luxury resort, off-season rates, and the run of the place. Folks from around the state convene, joined by a common profession. We speak the same language, we laugh at the same jokes. Vendors come…
Tao Talk 