We are leaving for NYC tomorrow afternoon and won’t be back until Monday evening. Hopefully with lots more drawings!
Category Archives: garden
Garden Snake and Other Back Yard Tales
While hacking out a stump in one of our “wild” side gardens, we scared this (harmless) garden or garter snake. He, or she, was very defensive, striking out several times and unwilling to leave the spot. So we left. Amie understood: it’s the snake’s garden too. In any case it brought home the importance of …
Comfrey on Freecycle
tomato seedlings and lovage I’ve been trying to get hold of comfrey – for compost. Neither Fedco nor Johnny’s carry the seeds, and the seeds I’ve found are expensive: $4 for 10, plus $3 shipping! I don’t think so. So I put a request for a mature plant on my local Freecycle and within 12 …
More Orders! More Bushes, Berries, and Vines
Irises (probably) in the back yard While I was spending money anyways I went ahead and ordered, from Burnt Ridge: 2x ANANASNAYA FEMALE HARDY KIWI 1x MALE HARDY KIWI /POLLINATOR 2x PAW PAW 2x YORK ELDERBERRY (canadensis) 2x SOCHI TEA (Camellia sinensis) 1x BARCELONA HAZELNUT (Corylus avellana) 2x BUSH HAZELNUT (Corylus americana) 1x GAMMA HAZELNUT …
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Currant and Gooseberry Order, and Crazy Weather
I went ahead and ordered the following from Nourse Farms, here in MA (I’m so happy to get them locally): 4x Blanca white currant 4x Rovada red currant 4x Invictus gooseberry 4x Hinnonmaki gooseberry 25 Purple passion asparagus plants 2x Samdal elderberry 25x Honeyoye strawberries All of these will go into places that are either …
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Potting Up Tomatoes
On this rainy morning I potted up all the tomato seedlings that were spared by the 12 mice I’ve caught so far. I love that tomato juice smell! I used peat pots and Burpee’s coconut fiber seed starter and so far I give it a thumbs up. It’s a good thing I left room for …
Ribes (Currants and Gooseberries) in Massachusetts
You may recall that last Summer I contacted the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture about growing Ribes on our property. He told me that I would need a grower’s license, which is a pain to apply for, and anyway the variances from white pine stands will probably disqualify our location. I asked about gooseberries, and he …
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Stones, Stones, Stones
We had a glorious weekend. After 5 days of noise and dust, the patio is finished. I’ll take a picture of it once the coming rains have washed it clean. The challenge now is to level the surrounding soil and clear it of stones, stones, stones, and to grow grass and plantings around it. I …
Rain Catchment System
Part of our plans for the front garden – the flower garden – is a pond system at the bottom of the hill that will catch the runoff from the hill and from our roof. The pond will be a wildlife pond, its overflow a wetland. The pond will not be for watering our garden …
All I Got Done Was…
1. Topped off the large new bed. 2. Sowed 60 peas (5 kinds) in it (along its entire length next to the fence). 3. Didn’t forget to inoculate them. 4. But forgot to chit them. I figure if I keep the bed wet till germination we’ll be okay. (Okay, this is cheating.) 5. Built frame …