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 …
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Comfrey Heaven
Thank you again, Freecycle! A while ago I put up a wanted notice in my local Freeycle group for comfrey plants. My first contact fell through, and then I forgot about it, until yesterday, when a local man contacted me. I went by this morning and discovered… heaven! L and S live in a cul-de-sac …
Favorite Garden Activities
Amie’s favorite way to interact with the garden art! My favorite way harvest! (lettuce, spinach and mustard greens cleared from the Winter beds)
Growings On
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 …
Mushrooms and Asparagus
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 …
Frost!
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 …
I Need a Holiday
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 …
Of Bolted Kale, Winter Spinach, and Acorns
Acorns/Oaks pulled from ONE (1) veg bed Harvest of overwintered spinach Amie and the bolted kale
Here’s a Funny One – Hoop House Adventures
Excerpt from chat between DH (at office) and myself (at home): me: It’s soooooo windy I fear the hoop house will fly off. DH: It won’t. me: Really? DH: Yeah. Really. me: Check your email. I had just sent him this: Yup, that’s our hoop house, SPLAT. Amie and I were outside for a while …
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Rhubarb Flower Stalk
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 …