The Quiet Life of a Ninja Dormouse

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

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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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That Time We Moved the Asparagus Bed

Last spring, we rebuild half of the garden by taking out the old wooden beds and replacing them with metal ones. This spring, we replaced t

It’s been a while since I’ve posted but we have been busy with the garden.