Animals
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 have been able to harvest our dinner each night. And now I have enough tomatoes to make a pot of spaghetti sauce to can and save for those cold winter months.
My zinnia bed has afforded me fresh cut flowers for weeks now. And the marigolds add a lovely colorful border to the knee-high carpet of weeds.
Still, in all, it is hard to get too depressed when I look beyond the weeds to the horizon...as the sunflowers turn their smiling faces towards the sun. If they can live amongst all these weeds and still smile, then, so can I.
As for the rest....well, there's always next year!
- 100% Chance Of Vegetables!
We're in the midst of a weather pattern that only a gardener could love! Daily storms have provided enough moisture to make watering unnecessary. The garden has literally exploded with green biomass. Every single seedling has thrived, and...
- We're Having A Heatwave!
I suppose if I could, I would spend most of my time in the garden.Unfortunately, like a lot of the country, we are in the midst of a heat waveand so my time in the garden is limited to early mornings and late evenings.Sunny days and adequate watering...
- 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 happenedin...
- Time Spent In A Garden
"Time spent in a garden is not deducted from your lifespan." I read this on a plaque and suddenly it became crystal clear whymy Nana lived to be 102 years old. I cannot remember a day spent with my grandmother,that didn't involve at least a...
- Looking Ahead
Yesterday we woke up to the first hard frost (yes, we've had snow, but not a frost like this). All of the critters' water buckets were frozen. I guess it is time to plug in all the heated buckets. The leaves have finally turned, so the countryside...
Animals
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 have been able to harvest our dinner each night. And now I have enough tomatoes to make a pot of spaghetti sauce to can and save for those cold winter months.
As for pictures of the garden....forget it! I am way too embarassed by the appearance. Your imagination will have to do...and believe me you'd better have a wild imagination to be able to visualize this garden out of countrol!
What does give me joy, however, are the beautiful morning glories that have grown on my garden fence...yes, I did plant those.
As for the rest....well, there's always next year!
- 100% Chance Of Vegetables!
We're in the midst of a weather pattern that only a gardener could love! Daily storms have provided enough moisture to make watering unnecessary. The garden has literally exploded with green biomass. Every single seedling has thrived, and...
- We're Having A Heatwave!
I suppose if I could, I would spend most of my time in the garden.Unfortunately, like a lot of the country, we are in the midst of a heat waveand so my time in the garden is limited to early mornings and late evenings.Sunny days and adequate watering...
- 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 happenedin...
- Time Spent In A Garden
"Time spent in a garden is not deducted from your lifespan." I read this on a plaque and suddenly it became crystal clear whymy Nana lived to be 102 years old. I cannot remember a day spent with my grandmother,that didn't involve at least a...
- Looking Ahead
Yesterday we woke up to the first hard frost (yes, we've had snow, but not a frost like this). All of the critters' water buckets were frozen. I guess it is time to plug in all the heated buckets. The leaves have finally turned, so the countryside...