The summer of 2001 has been rough on my garden. The vegetable garden has been a complete flop. The peppers died in a late frost. The peas fried in the relentless early heat. Even reliable zucchini has refused to set more than a few fruit.
Nothing is more humiliating to a gardener than having to purchase zucchini.
Cate Terwilliger Autumn sweetest of seasons My friend Alan, who lives up Ute Pass, tells me fall has arrived. Near his Chipeta Park home at 8,000 feet, the honey locust leaves have yellowed and dropped. Life Voices Generation gap wider than 3,000-mile trip After the Sept. 11 disaster, I decided to fly back East to see my folks. I was long overdue for a visit, and now, given the world situation, it seemed important to be with family. My parents are both 75 years old, staunch Republicans, Protestant, middle-class, avid bridge players and golfers.