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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 gardenI 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 weekendI am a thrifter. I like finding the deals on pretty things. I also like the rescuing of things, giving new life, loving worn well-used things, saving from the trash heap. So it goes, also, with the garden. I pay full retail for the food we grow, and the hardscaping. (And a chunk of our […]
Read More nudging the chaos, smoothing the heapThe rain this weekend made for a messy but productive time in the garden. Planting gets muddy, but weeding is easy-peasy. This year’s hot pepper varieties: ghost, trinidad scorpion, carolina reaper, red and orange habaneros, jalapeño M, and jalapeño F1.
Read More a messy 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 remiss on posts about our garden this year, which is unfortunate because tons of great stuff is happening. Here is a photo dump of all the things I worked on this weekend: The lingering cool spring weather has made the last few weekend highly productive. It looks like we have another cool […]
Read More new things from this weekendA peak at the garden today: It is the opening weekend of Lilyfest 2022! There is a delightful array of late spring/early summer perennials popping colors about: Last fall’s pansies are nearly recovered from winter: The perennial herbs are lush and thriving. Some annual herbs have recently joined them: And, finally, our spiderwort has been […]
Read More today, in the gardenAn early evening stroll through the garden neglected due to my overwhelming spring schedule:
Read More this evening, in the garden
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