Books and Broccoli

Every year I try a new vegetable in my garden. Last year it was corn, which immediately attracted a 157,000 new garden pests. The chipmunks were thrilled by the addition of the corn, but no one else really was (see: 157,000 new garden pests) so this year we replaced the corn with broccoli. My kids [...]

June 17th, 2010 | Category: gardening, kidlit, reading with kids | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

Five for St. Patrick's Day

1. Why, when I cook corned beef, does it always turn out gray? Poor meat.
2. We used to live across the street from a little bar named Paddy’s in Cambridge, Mass. It was a neighborhood joint, one of those places where you rarely saw a woman enter. I always think about it on days like [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Category: gardening | Comments are closed