The Quiet Life of a Ninja Dormouse

I harbor no illusion that my life is at all interesting.

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Garlic scapes!

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I made dandelion jelly!

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Inspired by @adventuresofalgy I went out to check my backyard rhubarb. Lo and behold, there was a baby dragon under the leaves!

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First flowers of the season!

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It’s that time of year again! I baked apricot and poppyseed hamentashen.

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Our local pizza place made heart-shaped pizzas again for Valentine’s Day.

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The 2025 Season in Review

I'm sorry to say that 2025 wasn't a great year for the garden, or for me keeping up on posts here. The weather was too wet then too dry the

I finally got around to writing up how the garden did this year.

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Does anyone do this anymore? I learned about Winnie the Pooh gummi bears nearly 30 years ago in college.

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Tiny arachnid photo shoot in my bathroom.

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Happy Beaujolais Day!!

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From Garfield’s Halloween Adventure, 1985

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This year, I tried Burpee Garden Sown™ Groundswell Hybrid Tomato Seeds. I planted the seeds directly in the garden just before the last frost this spring, as indicated, and I’m now enjoying the first ripe fruit. It’s a massive 1.7 pounder. It tastes pretty good too.

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8 feet of Morning Glories!

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The Garden Today

For weeks I've been meaning to write an update of the garden's progress, but I don't feel like I have much to report.  The garden has been d

a garden update

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Knee high by the 4th of July!

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Rebuild Time Part 2

Last spring, we replaced half of the old wooden beds in our garden with metal ones. This year, we finished the job. There were still two 4-

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