Out In The Garden Leigh on 10 Jun 2010
Summer is in full swing at Larrapin. I’ve been so busy digging in the dirt I started to drift away from posting! The new garden spot, despite the astounding amounts of rock we’ve dug out of each bed and that the soil is barely developed, is producing abundant collards, kale, beet greens, lettuce and [...]
Out In The Garden Leigh on 31 Jul 2009
If I’m lucky, this little bloom will grow into a delicious cantaloupe! I didn’t get it planted till late, but probably in time to still get plenty of melons if the raccoons don’t get them first. (The chew a nice hole in the rind then scoop out all the good stuff with those little clever [...]
Out In The Garden Leigh on 28 Jul 2009
I don’t have a lot of things blooming this time of year, so it’s a good thing the crape myrtle puts on her watermelon-pink show. This was our very first housewarming present from Madelyn & Dick about this time in 2005 – two one-gallon plants that I planted together in hopes of several lovely trunks [...]
Larrapin Recipes Leigh on 27 Jul 2009
Lemon Verbena has a heavenly scent so strong and amazing it is hard to believe it’s real. Like basil, it seems to have a human-catnip effect on me. The plant I bought this year is growing wonderfully, so what to do with all those lemon scented leaves? The answer was to be found as close [...]
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