Harvest time
The onion crop was great this year. This is about half of the total. We eat a lot of onions, but I don’t know if we can consume this crop before it goes bad....
Category: garden
Cheers
Goodbye, September – it’s been a pleasure, at least in the little homely world of my garden. Thanks for all your gifts.
Squash fest
This is the squash garden at home. Framed by a mullein in the back left, and beans at the right. I really enjoy growing winter squash. Its growth and harvest spans the summer season...
I love my garden
This is our plot at the community garden. It stretches from the onions through the winter squash back to the tall sunflower. The trellised squash on the right belongs to someone else. It is...
Second summer
End of July. I feel like July was a difficult month. I’m not sure what to say about that, except that I’m looking forward to August. My sister introduced me to the term “second...
What it’s like
On the whole, spring has been chilly, wet, and windy here. More storming last night, rain and wind. The chives have been in bud for weeks, it seems, waiting for some warm sunshine to...
Labor
There was one sunny warm day last week. We worked in the garden. Planting seed potatoes was the goal. There were quite a few steps involved, and some extra steps added just because. I...