Sometime late last May, nearly a year ago now, I started a handful of pumpkin and winter squash seeds. We got a bit busy and behind on the transplanting, so it was well into June before they went into the ground. Fast forward through the summer and into the fall, and I was out in … Continue reading Me and my butternut (or My butternut and I)
If you’ve been on a meander or walk about in a less than perfect landscaped park near you, you’ve likely run across the notorious garlic mustard. I stomped around the empty rows of the garden just yesterday and came across this very resilient little plant. With the mild winter, it just hung out until now, … Continue reading Weeds you can eat: Garlic Mustard
You would think after nearly five years of hanging out with the flyboy, I’d have wised up to a few things. If there is one thing I know, he loves a good surprise. Correction, he likes a surprise when he is on the delivery end of it. That being said, I should have come … Continue reading Unlikely Valentines and Surprises
A short 65 miles from the Fox Plot is a much larger plot, a farm really, called Kinnikinnick Farm located just northeast of Rockford, IL and south of the Wisconsin border. It is (for this wannna-be farmer) the stuff that dreams are made of. Susan and David Cleverdon, while originally city folks, made their way westward … Continue reading A farm called Kinnikinnick
Radishes are one of the earliest vegetables that we can squeeze out of the garden. We are hoping to plant radishes by 3/21 this year. In the meantime, these beauties were from last spring and if you click on the photo, it links to more Fox Plot photos. Continue reading The Fox Plot Photos
Everyone eats, but we here at the Fox Plot like to make a project of it. I’d have to say if I had to make a list of what we spend time on here on a weekly basis, making meals would make it high up the list. The food preferences run the gamut but there … Continue reading Feeding the bees, the flyboy, and me
After an unusually short winter, it’s begun to feel like spring here already. The present moment notwithstanding, I’m not entirely convinced that we are going to get a pass on winter; my glass-half-empty side thinks about March 1st will be a great time for a blizzard. Yesterday we received a bit of sad winter news. … Continue reading Seeds and Bees
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