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Jen’s garden is not something that just “happens.”

It took us about ten years to find our first morels and about ten minutes to gather this large bowl. It seems to be a good year for them. To the right is today’s haul from Jen’s proliferating asparagus beds. All will be sautéed in butter and tossed with fettuccini — a perfect spring supper.

We had a small but mighty Christmas, with a perfectly sized tree-for-three, which Sarah named Leroy. We had many presents, a Zoom call with the Burleighs, and a cassoulet dinner. The night before, Sarah made gingerbread cookies. When it came time to decorate them, everyone got involved. Daisy had a particularly successful holiday, receiving, in […]

We had an intimate Thanksgiving for three this year in our lugubrious dining room, with a relatively svelte (12 lb.) turkey from Kesicke Farm and all or most of the fixings. We had Zoom calls with Jen’s family and with mine, with Erica & Geoff participating in both. Sarah took charge of the apple pie, […]

Herb Stickle made round bales this year. They looked very handsome standing in the field. Sarah, our resident equestrian, described the difference between square bales and round bales: “Square bales are single-serve; round bales are a buffet.”

Here is Jen, harvesting carrots and tomatoes from her resplendent garden. And here she is on the sun porch, worrying about Concord Academy’s return-to-school plans. She has many under her care!

Petty well, I would say.

These days of endless hunkering have given Jen the opportunity to grow her entire garden from seed. We are expecting quite a bounty!

We had weird light and moody skies yesterday, rounding out four weeks of quarantine. The days run together as we try to get some work done, attend video social events, plant whatever we can think to plant in the garden, and cook whatever we can think to cook. Today we removed the kimchi from its […]

Here is Jen having a Zoom cocktail hour with her friends — the new normal. Jen deserved to unwind after a full day of preparing the garden for spring. She’s gotten a big head start this year!