Home Grown Carrots

Autumn Garden

We’re starting to see signs of autumn here in Boston, and Jeff and I went to do a first round of harvesting in our garden. For a last minute crop addition, our carrots were very successful. My mother got us these carrots from the HudsonRead more…

Victory Garden Lessons Learned

Jeff and I were able to start not only one, but two gardens this year. We were lucky to have our application for a Fenway Victory Garden approved, giving us a space roughly the size of my old studio apartment to plant some veggies. OnRead more…

Blueberries

Garden Photos

Jeff and I are back in NY for a fun July 4th weekend. We stopped off at our garden first to give it one last watering before Monday when we come back. Here are some shots of our hard work: Unripe Blackberries Cucumbers Cucumber FlowersRead more…

Plant-pocalypse

One of the projects I’ve been working on this summer is starting a garden. Two, actually. How is that possible for someone who lives in a city, and doesn’t even have a fire escape for “land”? Well, my parents have a nice, big, mostly emptyRead more…

New Projects

I haven’t been posting much but Jeff and I have been up to lots of new projects in our new apartment. It’s nice having a kitchen big enough for two of us to work without bumping elbows trying to slice veggies. Our vegetable garden hasRead more…

Lettuce

Baby Lettuce!

The bucket full of lettuce seeds out on my fire escape has grown into a bucket full of baby lettuces! Jeff and I have been eating away at these since they were wee sprouts, and now they are actually big enough to make a somewhatRead more…

Garlic Shoots

One thing I really love to do (although not more than eating) is reading. I can easily go through 10 or 15 books in a month, and I started saving oodles of money when I made the switch from bookstores to my local library (orRead more…