tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post2088392803197026360..comments2024-03-19T03:20:27.591-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Ten years and two booksMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-21822008657254135642017-06-15T18:52:58.444-04:002017-06-15T18:52:58.444-04:00Thank you for your wonderful blog, which inspires ...Thank you for your wonderful blog, which inspires me in many different ways and on several different levels. Although I missed your years with Don Estorbo, I read your references to him as soon as I subscribed and so went into your archives and read every post I could find that mentioned him. What a magnificent creature he was, never to be forgotten. Leslie in Oregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-16733429249339749422017-06-06T13:50:39.000-04:002017-06-06T13:50:39.000-04:00Oh, that sounds great! And your diet very healthy...Oh, that sounds great! And your diet very healthy. My great ideal when I was very young was to be a cowboy and to live in Texas :-) I know, total stereotype, and now I have not even visited Texas! I hope to. In New York we meet strangers every day :-)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-40885267535255930602017-06-06T11:30:45.038-04:002017-06-06T11:30:45.038-04:00We grow everything imaginable in the fall,winter,s...We grow everything imaginable in the fall,winter,spring. I try to focus on unusual and rare heirlooms. We love the variety of Asian greens. Different broccoli and cabbages. I'm big on baby bok choy and all the butter lettuces, mache, leafy heads etc. I eat 80% veggie and little meat. love all the root crops. Our winters are pretty mild. When we get a cold snap we have covers for our produce. Also we hang heat lamps if the weather gets below 15. Very unusual. I don't use Instagram. I didn't grow up w/ social media so I don't think about it. I'm busy putzing in the garden. If you are ever in Texas you are welcome to come visit. We never meet strangers around here. hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800854878536147594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-30376385686455408152017-06-05T13:00:01.242-04:002017-06-05T13:00:01.242-04:00Thank you for your comment, Hilary. And 88 acres! ...Thank you for your comment, Hilary. And 88 acres! Adopt me! <br /><br />I am so glad you are able to garden again. You sounds as though you have a lot going on. Our nights are only cool in spring and fall, though, summer is (usually, you never know) hot and horribly muggy. What are your winter temps like? Can you grow cool season crops, then?<br /><br />You are not on Instagram, are you? Your ranch set up sounds very Instagrammable. I seem to follow so many growers and small farmers, there. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-41021023837616136022017-06-05T10:34:29.929-04:002017-06-05T10:34:29.929-04:00I started reading your blog when you indeed had th...I started reading your blog when you indeed had that tiny patio. Through the years, I've loved watching how you live to the fullest with what little you had space wise. I got out of gardening for a couple of years due to a skin problem but I'm back and the first website I looked up was yours. I really enjoy reading about what you are doing. I'm the total opposite. We are on 88 acres of ranch land. We have a 60' hydroponic greenhouse we grow a variety of things in. Summer is when we basically shut things down to rest our gardens, concentrate on our flower garden, and enjoy not working so hard. My hubby grows most of what we eat. We have 2 keyhole gardens, several raised beds and a lot galvanized tubs all growing my desires. We concentrate on unusual things. We also have chickens so any failures we have, are bounty for them. <br />I just wish we got the cool nights you get then we could grow beautiful produce like you. Ours are stunted in the heat. I think that's why we garden September-May. <br />Hilary in Central Texashilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800854878536147594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-60867307233440039792017-06-01T13:30:20.390-04:002017-06-01T13:30:20.390-04:00So glad you have your own space, now, Debbie! It w...So glad you have your own space, now, Debbie! It would be fun to do a foraging walk in the Catskills. Maybe when there is more time I can team up with an inn or restaurant out there. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-35023555707617155442017-06-01T13:28:48.922-04:002017-06-01T13:28:48.922-04:00Ooooh, yes of course, IG! Thank you, Denissa. xxOoooh, yes of course, IG! Thank you, Denissa. xxMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-60380656419281233732017-06-01T13:28:15.529-04:002017-06-01T13:28:15.529-04:00We are not allowed to have a cat. We are not allowed to have a cat. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-28405217054967008392017-06-01T02:50:04.905-04:002017-06-01T02:50:04.905-04:00I've been following your blog for five years n...I've been following your blog for five years now, from the beginning of my journey as a container gardener. You have been such an inspiration and made me strive to become a better gardener. Like you, I've got more room to play with now and definitely got much more adventurous with the type of plants I grow.<br /><br />Missing Estorbo. I had always look forward to a good chuckle over at his blog.<br /><br />Happy Anniversary Marie!<br /><br />Denissa (I follow you on IG too)denissa.t.mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04950996428836366805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-41188266662203744072017-06-01T01:57:04.983-04:002017-06-01T01:57:04.983-04:00Isn't it high time to get another cat?Isn't it high time to get another cat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-18354652459105841502017-05-31T15:56:31.583-04:002017-05-31T15:56:31.583-04:00Poor little Estorbo, I still remember how I cried ...Poor little Estorbo, I still remember how I cried when you lost that sweet boy. I love your first book and still miss that terrace myself - you inspired me greatly when I was renting during a painful divorce. I went crazy with containers and loved all of it! Now I have a garden again and my very own home, but still use a lot of containers...I even have black and red currants, and raspberries, in big containers on my patio! Looking forward to the new book....and I wish you would come do a foraging walk in the Catskills!Debbie - Mountain Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401931842031353732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-69127349802543203412017-05-31T12:31:34.519-04:002017-05-31T12:31:34.519-04:00Thank you, Katie. We do, too. More than we should....Thank you, Katie. We do, too. More than we should.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-50286742731913191722017-05-31T12:31:17.905-04:002017-05-31T12:31:17.905-04:00Thank you, Win!Thank you, Win!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-276136084544702312017-05-31T12:31:05.216-04:002017-05-31T12:31:05.216-04:00Thank YOU, Karen - for sticking through thick and ...Thank YOU, Karen - for sticking through thick and thin! xxxMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-42862915754497684182017-05-31T07:48:20.460-04:002017-05-31T07:48:20.460-04:00Happy anniversary!
I miss Estorbo's adventu...Happy anniversary! <br /><br />I miss Estorbo's adventures.Katie C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-35676318943996189292017-05-30T22:24:35.300-04:002017-05-30T22:24:35.300-04:00Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to the new boo...Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to the new book.webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-84257095960452431932017-05-30T16:45:00.989-04:002017-05-30T16:45:00.989-04:00Which means next spring I will have been following...Which means next spring I will have been following you for ten years. It's been a fun and sometimes sad voyage (thinking of Storbie ☹️). Happy Anniversary, Marie and I'm looking forward to many more years. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268304194276808749noreply@blogger.com