Author Archives: Julie-Ann Baumer

Today We Rest

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I was eating a slice of Sweet Melissa’s homemade bread this morning, covered with sunflower seed butter and it reminded me of how much I love sunflowers. I wonder if I could make nut butter from some of my sunflower … Continue reading →

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Movie Weekend At The Coop

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’m not a big movie-goer.  Occasionally, I go to watch the Metropolitan Opera broadcast live in a local movie theater.  You knew that.  I don’t watch many movies at home, though.  I own a few movies on DVD, but I’ve … Continue reading →

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Friday Pillow Talk – Sommerzeit Is A Turkey

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’ve been going to bed a few minutes earlier every night to prepare for the dreaded Daylight Saving Time (DST).  DST will be upon us like a stale bag of Doritos in less than 2 weeks.  I don’t mean to … Continue reading →

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It’s Time For The Mailing

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Dear Hampton Victory Gardeners, I’m working on the Hampton Victory Garden annual mailing. Tick Tock. P.S.  Last night’s snow turned to rain.

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Why We Write

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

This is the last day of my month of “power blogging.”  I wrote 29 posts in 29 days.  It was a challenge I designed for myself; an exercise in writing.  I like to write and I have been doing it … Continue reading →

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We Are Zone 6a

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated their “Plant Hardiness Zone Map” this year.  The first update since 1990, this new 2012 version provides greater accuracy and detail.   You can find it here.  The purpose of the Plant Hardiness … Continue reading →

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Golden Garden Rules

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I’m in the middle of updating the seven “rules” of the 2012 Hampton Victory Garden’s “tenant agreement.”   Shockingly, two of the seven “rules” involve liability and the other five are very general suggestions.  The hardest “rules” in any project or … Continue reading →

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V is for Vacuum

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

I was looking over my notes and dates from last year’s gardens, trying to gauge when it will be the right time to start tomato and pepper seeds.  The Seacoast weather seems to indicate that spring will be early this … Continue reading →

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Age of Aquarion

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

It’s been raining a bit, the kind of rain that helps soften the ground and encourages a different kind of sprout. We’re so lucky here in New England; we have lots of water.  We also have running water at the … Continue reading →

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Friday Pillow Talk – Kale-afornia Dreaming

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Julie-Ann Baumer

Dreams are so crazy.  If they’re sweet and dreamy, they might not be memorable.  On the rare occasion when I’ve had a sweet dream, I could only remember a shadowy image of the events or people involved.  My father, King … Continue reading →

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