Tuesday 25 September 2012

Art and Tomatoes

Artist-wife and I have been having discussions about sculpture as fine art and sculpture as functional art. I seem to fall in between somewhere - being inspired occasionally to make something functional, being commissioned to make something functional, and being free to create something entirely artistic. It would be tough to make a decision to do just one all the time. Then I noticed that about a month ago when the tomatoes were leaning dangerously to the right after a wind storm, I used three garden sculptures to prop them up. They seem to work well, and I like how the tomatoes have warmed up to them. The decision was made for me in this case.


Tuesday 4 September 2012

Too many greens?

How can it be? Can green smoothies be bad for you? Recently had to stop using swiss chard for the morning smoothie because T. can't tolerate the high levels of oxalic acid. Lambs quarters also high in that little irritant. It's good to rotate the crops, and I'm back to using dandelion and boring old lettuce.