Category: Gardening

We have been enjoying temperatures in the 80’s for the last few days. We took Hambet to the zoo on Saturday (a bit of a waste of time — he was interested in everything but the animals — never mind the elephant, Mommy, I’m trying to climb into the basket of the stroller!) Yesterday was… Continue reading Summer’s encore

Soon it will be time to start mulching the vegetable garden and putting it away for the winter. I still need to decide where I’m going to try planting some garlic (a friend gave me a couple of bulbs from his garden.) I still have a few Roma tomatoes that are hanging on bravely. I… Continue reading From Thy Bounty

On Friday, I got a flat of pansies and a couple of little mums for our front flower bed. I set out yesterday to plant them. When my husband came out a little while later to see what they looked like, he found the pantries still in the flat and the front bed in complete… Continue reading The Garden Report: the perennial radical

Garden Report I went out and did a little work in the garden. I’m harvesting carrots now, and I think I’ll have enough basil for a batch of pesto this weekend — yum yum! The Roma tomatoes have lots of green fruit, and one tomato is starting to turn red. The Brandywine tomato is very… Continue reading Garden Report

Garden Report The endless rains of the spring are over and I’ve gotten a chance to finish weeding and survey my situation. I did my front perennial bed last weekend. My husband was very distressed when he saw how much I’d pruned, but the black-eyed Susans and purple coneflowers had gotten totally out of control… Continue reading Garden Report

It’s UNDER WATER, pure and simple! We’ve had at least four inches of rain this week. All my big plans are in a puddle. No, I take that back, the lettuce continues to thrive. I’ll cut some this afternoon. Three tomatoes cling to life, but they’re not growing very much; no sign of fruit anytime… Continue reading Garden Report

WOO HOO! Finished the fourth and last garden bed today! Now they are ready to be sectioned off and, in May, planted. Progress on the other plants, too. A second eggplant seed sprouted and the marigold seedlings are coming along great. The lettuce is just peeking above the ground too. And all four of the… Continue reading Garden Report, with special Rhubarb section

A nice weekend, with lovely weather. We did make it to the book sale — no spectacular finds; I was hoping for some good Catholic books but the Religion table was pretty picked over — not much left but stacks of Thomas “Care of the Soul” Moore and Sarah ban Breathnach books. More digging in… Continue reading Sunday night (with a Garden