Vineyard Gardener
By LYNNE IRONS
There is a Paul Simon song with the following lyric: “Why am I soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?” The...
By LYNNE IRONS
I spent some time last weekend following the near-nonstop coverage of the fifth-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Then, in...
By LYNNE IRONS
A few weeks ago, a story was told on NPR of a man with a persistent cough. Fearing the worst, he scheduled a doctor’s visit. An x-...
BY LYNNE IRONS
By LYNNE IRONS
Winter squash is a misnomer. For years I have saved them for post-summer meals. Thanks to the hideous squash bug, the vines are...
By LYNNE IRONS
I cannot seem to catch up or even catch a break. This summer has flown by. Plants that should be blooming now are past their prime...
There is nothing like a couple of rainstorms to set everything right. Here it is Saturday afternoon and I am sitting in the shade of the one tree in...
For several weeks now I have been complaining about the heat and lack of significant rain. Why should this week be any different? It is difficult for...
I am a poor sport in the heat of the summer. I never understood the song Summertime and the Living Is Easy.
A big thank you to Sally and Summer Silverman. They stopped by my vegetable garden on Sunday and gifted me with two beautiful Korean garlic bulb
I am fond of weeding. Not just any weeding, mind you. My vegetable garden has raised beds to accommodate poor drainage and less than perfect soil.
Honestly there are times I wonder why I bother having a garden. I am going to do my best to come up with a few positive paragraphs but this week has...