Before I launch into the main substance of this post, permit me, dear reader, a moment of self-pity. It has been raining for something like the last 33 out of 35 days, and I am tired of it. Before I distort truth, I must say this is not straight, day-long rain, just some measurable rain. […]

Photo: Happy Rich Mini-Head Broccoli, taken today I have for many years enjoyed the wonderfully sweet, deeply purple, lance-like florets thrust up in the spring by Purple Sprouting Broccoli. We have even grown some on the rooftop with modest success in plastic wading pools. The bugger of the thing is that they require a bed […]