{"id":12859,"date":"2023-09-16T09:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T16:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=12859"},"modified":"2023-09-16T09:26:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T16:26:47","slug":"rain-wind-onions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/rain-wind-onions\/","title":{"rendered":"rain, wind, onions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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 garden, but that was canceled. So a day at home. I froze some tomato pulp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like how these onions look. Round, shiny spheres. I cut off their withered tops and peeled off some layers of dirty skin. They still seem a little moist, so they’re sitting on the floor in the house. The varieties are Highlander and Blush. The Redwing onions are still in the ground, as they seem to be maturing later than the others. It’s nice not to have to shop for onions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Highlander onions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blush onions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took the below photo before the hurricane. It’s from the upstairs bathroom window. I like the lush look of the rock border garden. And the variety of plant forms. And how a number of the plants are just seed heads at this point, but they still look good from this vantage point. The goldenrod (yellow), asters (white), and Autumn Joy sedum (pink) are blooming. The remaining ripe tomatoes are just visible at the top of the photo, with white tags marking the varieties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Border garden in September <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The look of the border garden is mostly due to the plants, not to me. I like a lush, full look to a garden but I plant minimally. And I barely tended this strip of border. The goldenrod and asters appeared on their own. And all these plants have filled out on their own and overspill the rock borders so nicely. I love it. The ground cover on the right is mostly blueberry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next year, I want to go around the corner to the right and make a border parallel to the vegetable garden wall. Right now, it is a forest of unwanted maple saplings and large bracken fern. There’s no rock border there – maybe I’ll make one? Plant dreaming, perfect for a stormy day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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