Behind the garden
I was doing some work behind the garden a few days ago. The fences behind the compost bins are rotting away. Tearing out those boards and piling them up. There is also some tree...
Category: garden
Early growth
I’m thinking about spring. The unpredictability of the weather, day by day. Yesterday and today – beautifully sunny and almost starting to be warm. Tonight and tomorrow – snow storm. But also, taking a...
New growth
Today is the spring equinox! Time for a hoophouse update. Yes, there are living plants in there that were planted last fall and overwintered. I don’t want to jinx it. A lot could still...
Autumn milestone
Garlic is planted! My favorite crop. It’s so trouble free. No deer predation. No diseases (so far), doesn’t suffer from slugs or snails. Magically appears in the spring after planting in the fall, when...
End of September garden with surprises
I spent a few peaceful hours in the garden this afternoon. The only sound was crickets and the occasional soft cluck of a chicken. There’s a definite fall feeling – not sad – but...
Around here
White starry asters are now blooming in the front garden. And echinacea. And one late cranebill geranium. I wanted to replace the globe thistle at the end of my perennial rock garden. I tried...
rain, wind, onions
We are going through the outskirts of Hurricane Lee. It’s dark, noisy with wind. lots of rain. Not that unusual. The only plans we had today were to participate in workday at the community...