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<\/a>bloodroot moon.<\/p>\nWe have Wally and Big Daddy onions in, 100 sets each. \u00a0Three rows of beets: \u00a0Bull’s Blood, Early Blood and Golden. \u00a0Pickling cucumbers and Dwarf Gray Sugar Snap Peas. \u00a0Of course there was bed prep, too.<\/p>\n
With Kate and I wandering around holding this limb and that a bit tenderly I kept getting the image of a dinner bell, fried chicken and mashed potatoes, perhaps someone playing a little Stephen Foster on the grand piano.<\/p>\n
Of all the gardening chores, planting is the most magical to me. \u00a0That tiny seed. \u00a0A beet, a cucumber, a pea. \u00a0Those small plants, a fat onion, or a thick leek. \u00a0Couldn’t plant the leeks today because the ground is still frozen at about 3 inches down. \u00a0How about that? \u00a0April 27th.<\/p>\n
Had to cancel the Chicago trip due to Kona’s vet bills. \u00a0Keeping dogs is a choice and keeping 4 is the same choice 4 times over in terms of food and care. \u00a0Choices I have made and make cheerfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>bloodroot moon.<\/p>\n