WELL! I HAD NO IDEA THAT our dear Andre was now bottling his own homebrew. I guess the wine-making kit didn’t come with a warning statement on the label, huh? I may be sensing a pattern, as there have been other drunk-and-disorderly moments in doodle memory:
He said this one was for medicinal purposes only. Hmmm….
And he also said alcohol was on the list of required gear.
I don’t think there’s any explaining away what happened in this one. Hiccup!
Or should I just say: Cheers!
THE LECTURE that he’s been giving for a number of years is not-so-subtly called “Kill Your Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Jaffe Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone. But Dan just wants to grab our attention and get us to start to make some changes at least in the way we care for the turfgrass we do want in our landscapes. And maybe give up a little square footage of it to some other kind of more diverse planting, too, like the wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana, inset). Alternative, more eco-focused styles of lawn care, along with some lawn alternatives is what he and I talked about on the podcast. Dan is Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation in Wales, Massachusetts, and its 8,000-acre sanctuary. He’s also co-author with Mark Richardson of the book “Native Plants for New England Gardens.”
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Oh no, hope he did not hurt himself falling!
Andre, were you trying to toss blame to the sunshine? Oh, what I’d give for a little sunshine — 3 inches of rain this week alone!
we are doing lots of work on the house and it is hot and i have had a couple ‘dizzy’ moments – particularly when i went up the ladder to look at the leaves in the guttering.
No dandelion wine and ladders I hope. Water is the elixir of gardening, after all. Dandelion Wine is for dessert perhaps?
Dandelion Wine! My favorite book by Ray Bradbury. Perhaps sip while reading?