Animals
- What Happened To Summer?
I have to tell you...it's been a weird summer! The weirdest (although I am not complaining one bit) weather I have experiencedin all of my life has been ours all summer long.Cooler than normal temps with more than average rainfall has made this...
- When All Else Fails....
Yesterday was a marathon gardening day.The garden is (re)planted.The end. Ok, well, not really the end, because of course I have to tell you what is planted! And...I have come to the conclusion that Mother Nature is schizophrenic.Sorry Mother... but...
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I have been missing.Blogger prevented me from visiting with you this past Friday.I am sorry about that. But, I put my time to good use.I have worked and worked.Painted.Weeded.Planted.Mulched. I have been spending my hours in the midst of magic....making...
- There's Always Next Year!
Those four words have become my garden mantra. Each time I enter my vegetable garden I am overcome with the urge to just incinerate it. As I have called it before, it is my "Garden of Weedin".....with weeds outnumbering vegetables 100 to 1. Still, we...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
Animals
An Unruly Child
I have come to the conclusion that having a large garden
is much like raising a child.
It takes an inordinate amount of supervision...
and if you turn your back for just a little,
it goes completely out of control!
That is exactly what has happened
in my strawberry garden.
While I have focussed my energy on the vegetable garden,
enjoying the fruits of my labor,
like this...
and this....
the strawberry patch has become unruly and completely out of control.
Weeds are everywhere.
(Everywhere that the gourds haven't taken over!)
Not just little weeds,
but...
big,
ugly,
tenacious weeds.
That's it!
Warfare.
Unfortunately, though, because of my steadfast adherence to organic practices,
I must pull each of these weeds by hand.
And that is just what I did....
yesterday
for 6 hours!
Here is the result....
Even Maddie and Oakley were exhausted!!
My gator was overflowing with "weedage".
Meanwhile the vegetable garden continues to be prolific...
with more tomatoes and cucumbers than I can possibly use.
The peppers and eggplant continue to produce,
as well as the beans and watermelons.
I have replanted the cilantro
and the basil.
After all....what good are tomatoes without fresh basil and cilantro?
I have cleaned out the spent crops
and gotten the boxes ready for fall planting...
I have also planted a fall broccoli crop,
and ornamental cabbage and kale for autumn eye appeal.
Now, how about some fresh bruschetta...
or maybe some salsa fresca!!!
Don't worry, while I am doing that,
I will keep one eye on the strawberry patch.
There is no way I am letting it get so out of hand again!
Maybe it just needs a little "time out"!
- What Happened To Summer?
I have to tell you...it's been a weird summer! The weirdest (although I am not complaining one bit) weather I have experiencedin all of my life has been ours all summer long.Cooler than normal temps with more than average rainfall has made this...
- When All Else Fails....
Yesterday was a marathon gardening day.The garden is (re)planted.The end. Ok, well, not really the end, because of course I have to tell you what is planted! And...I have come to the conclusion that Mother Nature is schizophrenic.Sorry Mother... but...
-
I have been missing.Blogger prevented me from visiting with you this past Friday.I am sorry about that. But, I put my time to good use.I have worked and worked.Painted.Weeded.Planted.Mulched. I have been spending my hours in the midst of magic....making...
- There's Always Next Year!
Those four words have become my garden mantra. Each time I enter my vegetable garden I am overcome with the urge to just incinerate it. As I have called it before, it is my "Garden of Weedin".....with weeds outnumbering vegetables 100 to 1. Still, we...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....