Category Archives: Green Thumb Dumb

let’s work out: you bring the backhoe

By rachel | Published: July 29, 2010
i still can’t believe that it’s already july 29 and the summer is more than half over.  i keep trying to remind myself that i spent half of it wandering around the city with two broken elbows, looking like a freak in two medical slings, trying to smile instead of roll my eyes at people [...]
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dirt is our friend

By rachel | Published: May 10, 2010
Here’s a not so funny story with a happy ending: Last fall, we dug up our entire back yard to lay new data and electrical lines to the house. This involved a large backhoe and multiple layers of clothes (because it was freezing out). I did very little other than carry out large thermoses of [...]
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jars with lids are our friends

By rachel | Published: March 8, 2010
Potted plants don’t work out much in our house: (“Who…me?”) I’ve started collecting jars with lids from GoodWill and making terrariums that Mustard can’t dig through. So far, I’ve made 5. Four for our house and a big one for a friend’s birthday. I especially love the big one because of the one cactus that [...]
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good-bye August, hello fall.

By rachel | Published: September 1, 2008
I’ve been avoiding my blog lately. Felt like I needed a break from it, despite having knit and sewn numerous things in the last few weeks. Tuesday starts a new academic semester and I no longer get to avoid my computer, my research, my (new) job at school, and other random things. I’m sad that [...]
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tiny harvest

By rachel | Published: July 29, 2008
I’m feeling so giddy about my very first ripe tomato that I took a picture of it: Tomorrow, I’m going to pop the entire thing in my mouth and savor my first organically grown, locally produced tomato from my own little garden. Yay for summer! (A student of mine said she got sick eating tomatoes [...]
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a post to make you hungry

By rachel | Published: July 7, 2008
I was so excited about everything I bought last week at the South Wedge Farmers Market that I took pictures of it. Yea, I’m one of those people who gets giddy about lettuce. I figure it will tempt you into checking out more local options. Loads of berries: raspberries, cherries, and strawberries… Fresh-baked whole wheat [...]
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veggie-me

By rachel | Published: July 1, 2008
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I eat lately. So much so that I think I might be annoying the husband a bit…but I can’t seem to stop talking about what I eat, where it comes from, it’s nutritional value, what it’s doing to my body, the environment, etc etc. I don’t really want [...]
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Sweat-shop mother.

By rachel | Published: June 12, 2007
My mom is out for two days helping me get a bundle of sewing done, so there’s not much to write about until the projects are done. (Christian keeps referring to my mom as “my sweat-shop worker,” which was true until he finally hauled in the air conditioner this afternoon.) However–the exciting news is that [...]
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Plant Therapy

By rachel | Published: May 30, 2007
My potted plants have been traumatized. Right now, they’re all out there on the porch, chatting about how I just violated all of them and taking bets on how long they’ve got left to live. Maybe they’ll just take off for the neighbor’s front yard across the street where all things are green and luscious [...]
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