Goodies from dotcom garden
Linda did a little harvesting yesterday afternoon: dotcom garden continues to produce a steady stream of tomatoes, cukes, beans and herbs. It’s just enough to freshen and pick up our home-made cuisine. The French idea of a potager is very good IMHO…
Our patio goes away
Linda decided that she has had it with our patio: it has served us well these last 17 years IMHO, a big outdoor room where we have meals in summer and linger over Sunday morning breakfasts. So, in her typical type A way, she quickly found a landscape designer, Danna Breen, who whipped up what […]
Coffee in the garden
We had our coffee in the garden this morning, after watering and cleaning up the paths. Dotcom garden has ripening green beans. yellow wax beans, 4 kinds of tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, lettuce, and peppers plus basil, thyme, oregano and mint tucked into the herb beds. It was very pleasant sitting in the cool air, drinking […]
Big moon; dotcom garden gets a hand
A big, pretty moon greeted Cassie and I as we stepped into Oak Knoll Lane for our walk this morning. We had a good weekend: friend Carol McCrary from South Pasadena was in San Francisco this weekend for cooking classes, and came down Saturday afternoon for a visit.
Carol is also a gardener, so we stopped […]
In the kingdom of RTFM
Yesterday I blogged about the frustration when a fella finds himself in ill-defined territory, at least from a RTFM perspective. So it’s nice to have spaces where you can be organized and more or less in control. Dotcom Garden is, pour moi, one such space, and ongoing tinkering with the systems and organization of my […]
Busy, busy weekend
With Linda out of town, I was looking forward to a laid-back weekend, but it just didn’t work out that way. I’d been hoping to noodle on the newly-reconfigured World HQ computers, and learn more about podcasting and making audio recordings.
The arrival of the new desk chairs put one dent in the game plan - […]
Blogging in the garden
Linda’s in Chicago this weekend, visiting friend Cindy Engdahl, and I’m baching it (or, actually, Cassie and I are). Thursday, I managed to move our WiFi router to a spot atop a tall armoir. It’s the kind of thing that used to be easy, but takes a little planning and care when you’re dealing […]
A walk and some garden work
We’re feeling pretty good this father’s day morning, so we walked Linda and Cassie down to San Francisquito Creek bridge, then came home and worked in the garden for about 45 minutes. We visited Ladera Nursery yesterday, and some peppers and tomatoes came home to replace the harvested lettuce. The garden has really been a […]
The garden report
Much news in the garden this AM, not the least of which being that it survived last Thursday afternoon’s 103 degree afternoon. Having lived on the Peninsula for 17 year now, I have to say, this Al Gore guy is on to something. Not only do temperatures rarely go over the high 70s in Menlo […]
The arugula bowl arrives
Linda’s arugula was planted this morning, thanks to a little extra time in the schedule, afforded by the decision to work from home today. The bowl on the right is filled with a mix of planting soil, chicken manure and mulch - hopefully a good home for the arugula.
It’s pretty densley planted - the thininnings […]