Be joyful though you have considered all the facts
We’re harvesting enough lettuce thinnings for a large three-person’s-worth every two days. I’m also pulling radishes. Last year I hated these radishes, the Easter Eggs. They were maggot-ridden, tough and bitter. This year they are sweet and crisp and perfect. I am also about to pick the first peas. I direct-seeded more lettuce and radish. …
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The rain came, in a thunderstorm at night. It has cooled everything down a fair bit and saves me from having to water the garden this morning, for which I am thankful. But it barely half filled four of the five (food-grade) barrels (the second barrel in the line up on our most capacious downspout …
strawberry bed I was skeptical about my strawberries but (again) nature proved me wrong, or rather, made up (again) for any bungling on my part. I bought 25 crowns from Nourse Farms and planted them the day they arrived in a well-prepared bed (it was crawling with worms). The instructions were to plant the crown …
Amie’s favorite way to interact with the garden art! My favorite way harvest! (lettuce, spinach and mustard greens cleared from the Winter beds)
Again, mostly pictures. Too tired to write a lot of words. Gooseberries and currants growing all along the back fence Soon to be cleared winter beds, garlic and rhubarb in back Raspberry bed – free transplants Cherry tree in stone circle – currently with wild irises, soon to be permaculture guild Slightly grumpy child (in …
Amie is sick (a cold, again) and home from preschool. She’s really bummed about it because these are the last weeks of school, and after Summer she’ll be going to a new one. Luckily it is sunny and warm again, today, so we spent a lot of time outside. She is great about letting me …
Woah, I can’t believe it. After days of 70-80 F weather, the temperature is plummeting, down down down, to 31 F. Tomorrow will be blustery and chilly, and that night will again see temps of 31 F. So every plant that could be moved was moved out of the garden and the screened-in porch, into …
Hoop house 3.0 Here’s another done – to do list. Over the last couple of days I planted: 4 hazels 1 cherry tree 3 kiwi vines (in pots) 2 tea plants (in pots) 2 paw paw seedlings (in pots) 25 strawberries crowns 16 asparagus crowns 4 red currants 4 white currants 4 red gooseberry 4 …
Acorns/Oaks pulled from ONE (1) veg bed Harvest of overwintered spinach Amie and the bolted kale
This long flower stalk appeared over four hot days on one of the rhubarb plants. After doing some research I decided to pull it, as well as the smaller stalk on the other plant, as letting the rhubarb go to seed will reduce its vigor and next year’s yield. As the plants are only two …