Knittingprose

conquering a world of spills, crafts and bills

sweet corn!

| July 8, 2010

Sweet corn!  I love sweet corn.  In fact, my husband calls me Sweet Corn as a pet name.  (I don’t know.  He’s odd.)  There are certain foods that drum up warm fuzzy feelings of being a kid and enjoying dirt and sun and everything that makes summer magical.  Every time I bite into a juicy [...]

summer, garden and news…

| June 21, 2010

The first day of summer and it’s already well into the 90’s here.  Everything in the garden is green and huge.  The cucumbers have just about taken over everything.  The tomato plants are getting taller than me and the potatoes are in desperate need of more covering.  Believe it or not the lettuce is still [...]

The Backyard Garden…

| April 22, 2010

The O’shea family have been very busy this spring.  While the blog sat silent, gathering dust, all activity was concentrated in the outdoors area of our home.  Our desire to grow food has over the past month or so evolved into something a little more complex.  The desires to take a stand, heal the land, [...]