Monthly Archives: June 2009

Urban Gardening in North Adams

June 12, 2009 – 11:46 am

North Adams at night. News travels slow here in North Adams. At least, it does to me. I frequently find out about events long after they’ve happened, or learn of big changes on the eve of their occurrence, when months have passed and the voting and planning and finger-pointing has died down. So it made [...]

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Do Not Close Your Eyes

June 11, 2009 – 3:20 pm

This morning, I started my days as usual, with a hike in the woods with the dog, the green leaves dripping, the nearby hills misty and cool. Back home, perched in front of the computer, I heard tires peeling off the wet road outside our apartment, and, at the same time, birdsong from the giant [...]

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Colors of the Garden

June 11, 2009 – 9:12 am

It’s been a wet, rainy spring and summer, so the greens are really thriving. These mustard greens seem the happiest of everything we’ve planted, so much so that we’ve got more mustard greens than we really know what to do with. I love their frilly leaves, and the bright punch of the green next to [...]

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Croissants

June 10, 2009 – 3:46 pm

I don’t mean to tease you, but these just went into the oven. The thing is, when there’s something like croissants baking in the oven, it’s hard to really get anything done. The apartment fills with the rich scent of butter, and it’s so strong you can almost see it wafting through the air, a [...]

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Field of Chives

June 10, 2009 – 8:13 am

It was a rainy day, but just about everything was glowing green and gorgeous at this year’s first CSA distribution at Caretaker Farm.

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