$15 Poster Proofs

I have a small stack of proofs that I'd like to move along to other homes (yours?). They're on glossy paper and high quality, but a little different than the final prints than I sell. There's nothing wrong with them, just not the final! If you're interested in a certain print let me know and I'll let you know if I have it.



The proofs will be $15 (half off!) plus shipping. I'll take some pictures and officially list them tomorrow.

Mulch it good



When I first got into veggie gardening we talked about buying a tiller and working the land that way. Since permie school/hippie camp, I've come to know, love, and totally rely on building mulch beds. Remember how I do it? Start by suppressing grass and weed growth with cardboard.


Pile on layers of mulch in a variety of forms. We have a hill of decaying shredded woody material so I use that, grass clippings, leaves, chicken litter....whatever is free and handy.


Water well, add soil/finished compost in pockets throughout the deep mulch and plant directly into the soil.The next season that whole mound you made will be beautiful, dark, rich compost, full of worms and ready for growing.




Pickin' up the paw paws




I don't remember how many years ago I bought this paw paw tree, but I think maybe 5? Every year it drops its leaves and comes back, shooting up a foot or 2 taller, sometimes sending up a new shoot a few feet away. It's now about 8' tall, and I'm watching and waiting, wondering when it will produce a paw paw for us to enjoy.

A weed by any other name




Last week I received a phone call from our town's code enforcement office about our yard. I've come to accept this call is simply an annual passage of spring: Anonymous Neighbor complaining to code enforcement about the "weeds" in our yard being too tall. I decided to take the opportunity to educate those who can't see the food through the weeds and make some signs. I don't know if it will help alleviate their concern for appearances, but it will help code enforcement recognize the complaints are not actually about weeds, but are, in fact, plants we use.