I have been trying for months (years, actually) to get rid of some of the extra things that have accumulated over the years. Today TEN boxes left the house. Most were “book size” boxes, the fairly small ones from U-Haul. One box held the old blender, another had a wok, there were clothes, a few […]
Category: Green Living
The garden today
It has been dry often enough for us to make some progress in the garden. We have room for a few more things, but at the moment all the seeds we had planned for are in the ground.
Garden Talk
I have a garden, a yard, an orchard, flower beds, lawns and woods. There is a marshy area down by the road that I call a “seasonal water feature.” Some years it’s soggy later than others. There is a “sacred grove” of cedars and maples that I protected from clearing when we bought the place, […]
Arbor Day!
I will get outside and take some pictures of the trees later, but for now, here is a link to the Arbor Day Foundation, which supports planting trees (year ’round) and working to make our personal environment better.
Garden updates
Halfway through April, and there is a lot going on in the garden. A cold frame appeared last weekend, so this weekend it got some plants! The daffodils continue to delight in the shady grove by the Asian Pears and Apples. The gooseberry in front of some of the limbs that fell in January. Trying […]
Progress in the garden
I am making progress in the yard. I work about twenty minutes at a time, and I go slowly, but I am working faster and getting more done each time. Here are before and after shots of the little hedge in front of the large fig. I didn’t prune last year, and it was very […]
Chicken Soup and the End of Winter?
Chicken soup on the stovetop, simmering away. Love the smell of garlic, chicken, herbs… a wonderful backdrop to a late winter afternoon. Today has been alternately sunny and rainy, warm (for the time of year) and chilly enough that the rain changed briefly to snow. We are on the lookout for snow overnight as well, […]
LATE Blog Action Day…
I was so distracted by the trip I took this month that I completely forgot to post for Blog Action Day (which was on October 16). Â So here is what I would have said, had I been less distracted, and more alert. Food is good. Â Next to air and water, it’s an essential. Â And yet, […]
Garden Improvement
Well, it only took eleven years, but here is our latest gadget for the garden. We saw it on sale at woot.com several weeks ago, but it only arrived last week. Tom and the kiddo finished putting it together Friday night. As you can see, Lucky is very interested in the entire process. And the […]
Garden Update
So, the squash continue to grow well, and the pumpkins seem to not be falling off quite so rapidly since I added calcium carbonate. I think there is hope for a small, late crop. Today, Tom and the elder stidkid worked very hard in the garden this morning while I was working on schoolwork (yes, […]