a cattywampus dandy, his cattywampus spouse, living life together in their cattywampus house
I began my Saturday with the third weekly run to yard waste drop-off. (Our county has free Saturday drop-off for residents.) Most of last fall’s debris is removed and the space is opening up. I also cleared unwanted volunteer trees from the garden lot, planted rescued calla lilies in my mom’s memorial space, planted ajuga […]
Read More today’s work in the gardenToday, in the garden:
Read More the colors of the dayI finished up the second full weekend in the garden. I am behind and wirking to catch up. I didn’t start anything indoors late winter/early winter, so I’m taking risks sowing many things directly into the garden. Some things will be fine, others? We shall see. The two newest elevated beds are for brassica. Leaning […]
Read More post weekend update:Our short cycle program’s peak has past, so I was back to a two-day weekend last week. After some brief socializing Friday night, I chained myself to the garden for the remainder of the weekend. Our county has free yard waste dropout every Saturday, so that’s where I started, bagging and hauling away seven yard […]
Read More rain, growth, and the productive weekendTwo steps forward, one back. Develop two new beds, lose another to invasive Johnson grass… So it goes down in the garden lot. Except that, this year, even with all the dead noxious overgrowth from last fall, the garden is full of life, and color. I can see the work done as much as the […]
Read More the ebb and flow of the gardenI have been pitting holiday break time toward the upstairs bedroom, which currently functions as closet and storage. While it isn’t a new additional to the room’s organization, I consider it a cause for celebration whenever I get our socks paired, rolled, and stowed in their proper home. The home: Pictured above is four units, […]
Read More sock it to organizationFor the first time in over twenty-five years, I wasn’t going to put up a Christmas tree. You see, things need to happen over winter in this old house, and I need time to get projects ready. But I know how I work, and I do not want to return after holiday travel and have […]
Read More the tree that almost wasn’tWe have arrived at the heat of the season, having spent most of the past week breaking ninety degrees. And the garden loves it! So much is thriving in the garden right now. This is a great year for expansion, and I am riding the current state of it like a giant wave of motivation […]
Read More this evening, in the gardenAs the snow arrived behind schedule, the Christmas season has been extended because this is cool:
Read More the 16th day of christmas
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