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A Garden of Delight
With the children’s help I was able to map out the garden this year. We measured three large plots, pounded stakes into the ground, and roped off each section with garden twine. The j… more →
Through the Windowpane
A Garden of Delight
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jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: With the children’s help I was able to map out the garden this year. We measured th … more →
Like My Mother Before Me
jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: There’s about five weeks of summer left, and I’m doing all I can to make it last. After … more →
A Harvest Full of Herbs
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jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: A cold front swept through Northern Illinois last week, prompting me to gather in the herbs. E … more →
The Golden Haze of October
jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: In the spring we hauled an old formica table up to the garden under the bough of a large maple … more →
Gifts from the Garden – Part Two
jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: I couldn’t bring myself to write about the end of the gardening season this year. H … more →
Gifts from the Garden – Part One
jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: I remember a gift my husband’s sister gave us 28 years ago as we celebrated our first Christmas … more →
Drawing Hollyhocks
jillnovak wrote 2 years ago: The hollyhocks under my kitchen window finally bloomed this week. The pale green buds and delic … more →
Bread and Butter Pickles
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jillnovak wrote 3 years ago: Yesterday we picked 60 pounds of cucumbers from Robert’s Cucumber Haus. We’re going to ma … more →
Like My Mother Before Me
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jillnovak wrote 3 years ago: There’s about five weeks of summer left, and I’m doing all I can to make it last. After a lon … more →
An Intoxicating Aroma
jillnovak wrote 3 years ago: This is the bountiful year for the apple tree at the hedgerow. We spent time there this spring under … more →
