Wow, that was an intense few weeks. I know there are many comments I have not replied to; I will work on doing that in the coming days. The garden is still busy but has begun to slow down as the days get shorter and autumn looms. I have four large freezer bags of elderberries …
Category: Gardening
Busy!
Oh friends, the garden has been keeping me busy and I've had no time to sit down and write or reply to comments or visit blogs to say hello. Today, I have photos to offer so you can at least have an idea of how everything is going. Front yard prairie garden View of the …
Spice of Life
Bee on hyssop Last week at 4 a.m. on Tuesday—or was it Wednesday? it’s all a sleep deprived blur—the raccoon came back for more apples. Thud! Roll! Splat! James and I both woke up and held our breathe. Thud! Roll! Splat! We groaned. James swore, got out of bed, grabbed the cake pans, turned on …
A Regular Wild Kingdom
Peppermint stick zinnia We made three attempts throughout the week to evict Rabbit from the garden. Each time the little bun evaded us and disappeared not to be flushed out. This morning we tried again but Rabbit was nowhere to be found. We gave up and watered the garden since we’ve had almost a whole …
Intruder Alert!
Purple coneflower with bee After the demise of Wanker the Squirrel—for which I am still sad but also must admit an occasional rush of schadenfreude—the garden shenanigans have been quiet. Even Spidersquirrel has been inactive, well except for briefly climbing the screen of a window at the side of the house next to which James …
