Archive for the ‘Gardens’ Category
Autumn in Bloomington, Indiana
Posted in Bloomington, Gardens, tagged 2008 election, art museums, autumn, Bloomington, campus, election, fall, Indiana, indiana university, limestone, presidential election, trees on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hilltop Gardens at Indiana University
Posted in Gardens, tagged banana trees, Bloomington, BMW, flowers, Gardens, Hilltop Nature Center, IN, peppers, stones, Z3 on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently we inherited a community garden plot at the Hilltop Nature Center in Bloomington, IN. The previous owner had apparently abandoned it. (Though an Asian woman informed us that she saw him just a few weeks ago, and that he is Russian. Combine that with the fact that the plot was weedy, but tomatoes appeared [...]
Never Underestimate a Zucchini!!!
Posted in Food, Gardens, tagged Food, Gardens, zucchini on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I should have listened when people told me their stories of enormous piles of zucchini, of eating zucchini day in, day out all summer, wild tales of “drop and run” actions by neighbors who can’t get rid of their zucchini either, and so on. But I did not.
I had two zucchini plants last year, both [...]
Cherry picking at grandma’s
Posted in Food, Gardens, tagged cherries, cherry picking, dancing, farms, junk, Royal Anne on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We recently moved my grandmother into assisted living. Never an easy move, but her new two bedroom apartment is almost as large as the old house where she had lived since she got married in her 20’s. She has high ceilings, windows in three directions, and lots of light. She’s also made some new friends [...]
