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Zucchini Overlords and Other Lessons in Abundance
Every gardener faces the zucchini uprising — that moment when your garden turns from peaceful patch to green empire.
You plant two, maybe three, and suddenly you’re negotiating with vegetables that multiply faster than rabbits.
But fear not, brave grower. From baking and grilling to freezing and disguising, there are endless ways to reclaim your kitchen and your sanity.
Lock your car doors, Indiana — the Overlords are here.
Rain, Rain go away!
Midwest rain turned my garden into a soggy disaster zone. Tomatoes split, pumpkins rotted, and humidity made breathing optional. I’m laughing to survive, sending love to those facing real flooding. Dead plants are dead—compost them and move on. The rain didn’t ruin the garden; it rewrote it.
The Zucchini Survival Guide
Every gardener thinks they can handle zucchini. They plant two, maybe three, because “we’ll eat a lot this summer.” Zucchini grows fast and gives you gardening confidence. At first, it feels like triumph — a living trophy of success. You stand in the garden, proud and amazed, saying, Look what I grew, and grew, andContinue reading “The Zucchini Survival Guide “
The Corn Myths We Tell Ourselves
The Corn Myths We Tell OurselvesCorn isn’t just a crop — it’s a trickster god with a wicked sense of humor.
It rewards devotion with worms, windstorms, and humility.
Every stalk is a sermon, every harvest a confession.
Step into the Corn War Journal and learn why rage can be sacred, rebellion fertile, and failure divine.
The Rage Garden Bestiary: A Catalog of Every Creature That Has Wronged Me
Every garden has its villains, but mine has assembled a full cast of characters worthy of a fantasy epic—if the fantasy epic involved more chewing, digging, and emotional damage. The raccoons are the masked marauders, descending under cover of darkness to ravage the corn with their unsettlingly human hands. They are clever, relentless, and poweredContinue reading “The Rage Garden Bestiary: A Catalog of Every Creature That Has Wronged Me”
Enemies at the Gate: A Rage Garden Field Report on Animal Pests
Every garden eventually learns the truth: plants are easy. Animals are the problem. The moment your garden begins to thrive, the local wildlife forms a committee, drafts a battle plan, and launches a coordinated assault on everything you love. You can mulch, water, fertilize, and whisper affirmations to your tomatoes, but none of it mattersContinue reading “Enemies at the Gate: A Rage Garden Field Report on Animal Pests”
Planting the Empire: A Rage Garden War Journal on Growing Sweet Corn
Planting the Empire begins with rebellion in the soil.
Sweet corn doesn’t ask permission to grow — it demands rich earth and fierce intention.
This isn’t farming; it’s empire‑building.
The Religious Experience of Indiana Sweet Corn
Caught between tradition and science, the simple gardener stands in the seed aisle like a confused extra in a Shakespearean tragedy. On one side, ancestral ghosts whisper, ‘Silver Queen, you coward.’ On the other, the packet screams, ‘SUPER SWEET SYNERGISTIC HYPER‑SUGAR DELUXE.’
Sweet corn is memory and science. Heritage and experimentation. Chaos wrapped in husks. And it will humble you every single season.
Rage Garden War Journal: Rot and Ruin
It started innocently enough. I was admiring my tomatoes, plump, green, full of promise, when I noticed something horrifying. The bottoms were turning black. Not dramatic, gothic black. More like “forgot to pay the calcium bill” black. Blossom‑end rot. The name sounds poetic, but it’s really just nature’s way of saying, “You messed up yourContinue reading “Rage Garden War Journal: Rot and Ruin”
