Category: garden

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...

It’s a process

All the tomatoes are coming at once. The windowsill and much of two counters by the stove are covered with them. I really love those yellow-orange ones. They are like the sun. Oddly enough,...

Late summer in the hoophouse

We put the cover back on the hoophouse. The idea was that it would trap some heat in there and help ripen the tomatoes and tomatillos that are growing there. Ever since we did...

September

It doesn’t seem like we really had summer this year. It was 47 degrees this morning! But it’s September, and I welcome the new month. I am really enjoying the circle garden. The native...

A harvest feeling

I love looking at the pile of garlic bulbs. All cleaned up and ready to hang in the pantry. There are more in the shed but they’ll wait until we get back from Portland....

Whirring

I spent some lovely time in the garden this morning. Everything looks beautiful, but I chose to photograph this view. The asparagus raised beds are in there somewhere, but overflowing with winter squash, cosmos,...

Seeing what I see

Beautiful morning after a rainy night. Chilly outside early. Everything was sparkling with raindrops. Today picking raspberries in the fruit yard, I was thinking about what I see there. Sam usually picks raspberries, but...