slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Author: Laurie
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Yep, a cold front is coming in this weekend and lows are expected to be 38 Saturday and Sunday nights. But now the tomatoes are nicely hardened off, having survived one 38 degree night naked and then a 35-degree night under plastic. And the eggplants are nestled down under a Reemay blanket. I’m going to…
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I really enjoyed the slow food potluck we had at the Montessori School today. It was a good sized crowd – about 30-35 people – not so many to be overwhelming but enough to get a nice diversity of ages and interests. The food was great, but it was curious…there was not one single dessert!…
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I baked sunflower seed bread again today, and thought I’d share the recipe, which is adapted from a recipe in Betty Crocker’s Bread Machine Cookbook. 1 c water 2 T olive oil 2 T honey 2 c whole wheat flour 1 1/4 c white bread flour 1 T gluten 1/2 c toasted, salted sunflower seeds…
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The tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes survived their first night of 30’s temperatures, even though the wind blew the plastic off the frame over the tomatoes. The NOA web site reports that our low was 38 degrees. I’m bracing up for tonight’s expected light frost by reinforcing the frame with packing tape. I went to…
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I put my hand under the plastic of the tomato greenhouse this afternoon and it felt very warm. I think this might work very well. I decided to put bricks all around my plastic bottle greenhouses over the two peppers and eggplants to help retain heat. Thankfully, I did not repot all my eggplants for…
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Yes, it is now expected to go down to 35 degrees Friday and Saturday nights. I went home during lunch and covered the frames over the tomatoes with plastic. I have cement blocks and bricks inside the frames and I hope that they will store heat.
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Our MALS (Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies) class, “The Meaning of Gardens,” met at the Montessori School again last night but this time we worked really hard for about an hour and a half building some beds against a bare chain link fence next to a playground. Looking at these gardens, and musing about…
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Today, I wrestled a 75 foot soaker hose for 45 minutes during my lunch hour. Next time I am buying 10 foot sections and hooking them together. I came back to work sweaty and sunburned. But I wanted to empty out my rain barrels before the big rains come later this week, and last night…
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Sundays start out something like this: First the cats, then the coffee. I spend some time with the newspaper in the bamboo chair or on the porch swing, depending on the weather. I pull the ads out and put them in a paper bag to be recycled. That takes away at least half of the…
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My Saturdays tend to follow a pattern. Like every day, I am bullied out of bed by my dear cats to make them breakfast, then I make myself a small pot of coffee. I read the newspaper, which I get every day even though I changed my subscription to Sundays only and have reported it,…
slowly she turned 