Category Archives: garden

3.6.13 March greens

Posted on March 6, 2013 by diary of a tomato

We took advantage of the spring-like day to wash the windows of many storms worth of saltspray, and take a peek under the row covers. It’s been a month since when we last checked, and there’s a noticeable difference in revived … Continue reading →

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2013 Seed notes

Posted on March 5, 2013 by diary of a tomato

“As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.” — Katharine S. White This is the fourth weekend in a row that it has snowed, not that … Continue reading →

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2.18.13 Not quite spring-dug parsnips

Posted on February 18, 2013 by diary of a tomato

During a brief break in the weather, we ventured out to harvest what remained of our winter crop.  The snow has settled and crusted over, sealing down the covers, and required some earnest shoveling in order to open them up.  … Continue reading →

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2.12.13 Winter tomatoes / pomodorini in February

Posted on February 12, 2013 by diary of a tomato

It’s mid-February and we’re down to four trays of the pomodorini or winter tomatoes remaining in storage. The red Aprile were harvested in September, the yellow-orange Ponderosa in early October, about five months on. They’re still quite viable, even the … Continue reading →

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2.4.13 Under cover: winter greens and chicories

Posted on February 5, 2013 by diary of a tomato

It’s been a month since our year-end harvest and, with a run of subzero days, we didn’t know what to expect when we went to check on the garden beds. We pulled back the row covers with trepidation, what rotten mess would we … Continue reading →

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1.30.13 The Gardener in winter

Posted on January 30, 2013 by diary of a tomato

A representation of the Gardener made of compressed snow.

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1.25.13 Pause

Posted on January 25, 2013 by diary of a tomato

“There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you…. In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches … Continue reading →

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