Author Archives: maryjane

garden head

Have you ever found yourself trudging up your front steps, arms bulging with groceries, and suddenly pondering …

Just how do those picturesque rural women in faraway countries glide over the open ground with loads every bit as bulky on their heads?

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back from the brink

(From Karen in Southern California.)

Last fall, your son Brian gave me a head of heirloom garlic to plant that he said you are trying to bring back from near extinction, and I wanted to report how it is going here in Southern California. I put the head of garlic in the fridge for a few months because I do not have a yearly chill to the extent that you have in Idaho. Once the days started to get longer (daylight savings time), I planted them …

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Erin the Riveter?

Our bed & breakfast summer intern, Erin (looking a bit like Rosie the Riveter), with her white headband …

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Hear Ye!

Welcome New Sisters!

Merit Badge Awardees

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Farm Fashion Week … the oldies

This just proves …

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I-ris-you …

I can’t wait for my 4,000+ Sweet Lena Iris to bloom. The little buds are thinking about opening their faces to the sun …

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