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A sweet flood of tiny-tiny Kishu mandarins arrived at our door some weeks ago, a gift from a citrus grower. I had been making all things cit...

The mockingbirds that visit the terrace for a dish of blueberries are growing tamer. We are not sure what happened to our previous pair. One...

My digital image folder for our terrace is arranged by year and by month, with various category-folders for each month like Citrus, Sunny Po...

Every winter I make yuzu syrup. The question is, Every winter since...when? I'm struggling to identify a year. Our yuzu tree arrived in ...

In January the white throated sparrows do not sing. Their song is high and sweet, and pierces the heart, somehow. When they do sing, you kno...

The late summer terrace, under a faintly wildfire-sky. The little bergamot tree has three fattening fruit, and some more small ones to follo...

It's bee balm time again. I have grown Monarda fistulosa in pots but find that it is happier, in-ground. With a breeze and some grasses...