everything in consumer package goods is either downstream of the military, a solution in search of a problem, or will shortly be found to cause unexpected long term consequences.

I have an embarrassment of Mirablis.

(Listen to @bloodwork.show)

Ours leave Xmas cards, we left them cookies.

Now now now let’s not leave the dog out of this entirely, this is the internet after all

Huh, I guess they did it.

The thing about book people is, they usually get the last word.

Today’s onion. Goddamn.

Please, my father was Mister Mustard. Call me

Time to start putting things up for the winter. Bourbon sage fig jam.

My beloved and I been having a rough go about the whole American project for a minute now, but we got a chicken 65 quesadilla from the Tikka Taco jawn on Preston where a Punjabi crew bought out the white boi burrito joint and we felt like patriots for about the length of said flatbreads

Lots of things happened last night but shout out to freezer martinis and fried chicken

Does it add flavor? Nope. But it feels lavish.

Caffè doing just fine as long as I don’t breathe too hard or often

Hydrangeas, marigolds, cone flowers, borage. All just steps from our house, though my arranging needs work

Grew those cone flowers, too, but it’s better described as “didn’t get in their way”

Yesterday I picked some of those flowers I mentioned because @ennuigo.bsky.social was redoing the florals for the week

It’s a dark art and I don’t pretend to understand it. I will start after the new year tho, I got a bench set up and everything

On impulse I plunked down a bunch of gladiolus around the place, this pot was the three I was sure wouldn’t make it. We respect a plant what will not die.

Foxglove loved the front yard: about half of these are volunteers from the initial two. Once we have a trouble of foxglove (foxdie? SNAAAAAAAKE) I'll probably try cutting some

@ennuigo.bsky.social planted this hollyhock last year and it was a challenge to keep it alive— something was snacking on its leaves pretty aggressively, just getting it to flower was an accomplishment

there's a reason starts are expensive: these...forget me nots? (oh, the irony) were started in probably April with the idea of planting them by Derby. it is mid-June. There's a reason nobody is particularly precious about seedlings. 🌱

an amaryllis that's flowered once next to tomato seedlings a neighbor grew and some strawberries in pots that yield pretty infrequently but man, that's a vibe

growing annuals and cut flowers as well, here's some what's the story (morning glories) training up

a plot of edamame that won't shut up about preferring pet sounds in mono (and a single pea shoot in the back what won't stop singing that Barenaked Ladies song, RIP brian wilson)

our first blackberry which I check every morning in anticipation of hand feeding it to @ennuigo.bsky.social