{"id":86,"date":"2008-07-19T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T19:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2009-01-23T20:16:42","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T04:46:42","slug":"summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/summer\/","title":{"rendered":"summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

the second year bumper crop of strawberries. I made this tart<\/a> for a party. Do not use frozen berries, but do use a food processor for the crust–it works!<\/p>\n

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gardens alive\/early kale and mizuna is still flourishing in 90 degree heat, although the cabbage moths have found it. The radicchio and red lettuce is coming in now too;<\/p>\n

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I’ve stopped mowing most of the backyard. The neighbors are flummoxed – they obviously haven’t read the New Yorker article\u00c2\u00a0‘Turf War’<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0by Elizabeth Kolbert.<\/p>\n

They also missed seeing \u00c2\u00a0SALT<\/a>, or Smaller American Lawns Today site.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Last year we had a problem with predatory wasps because E herbicided my hill where I had put down thick layers of newspapers & straw in an effort to reduce erosion and water running down into the basement. Bare ground is the wasps’ favorite habitat. This season he’s resisted spraying and I have some nice new ground cover. (behind the purple Echinacea)<\/p>\n

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Mama Bunny’s baby came out of its burrow to softly hop over and graze my ankle one morning while I was picking strawberries. No damage to the patch. They prefer clover<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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wish I’d planted more than just 3 peony bushes. They are so lovely;<\/p>\n

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