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 …
Tag: potatoes
Sowing
Self-planted purple columbine The garden is all planted! All the seeds are sown, and, except for a few indoor starts that are still a little small, everything has been planted out. James and I are tuckered out. But it’s the satisfied sort of tuckered out that comes after you’ve done work you love. In an …
And Then There Were Two
We began with 15 unopened tulip flowers and now we are down to two. Every day there has been one or two cleanly snipped off at the top of the stem. Have I mentioned lately how much I dislike rabbits? Since these tulips are in the front of the house, they are not surrounded by …
Like a Mama Hen
Chickens can't quite believe they are in the main garden After digging the sweet potatoes and protecting the cabbage and radishes Saturday, we opened the gate between the main garden and the chicken garden to let the girls roam. Such happiness! So excited by the wood sorrel growing just inside the garden gate, it was …
Windows Between Worlds
Who needs ChatGPT? I just typed "window" in the Google search bar and it helped me title my post. Ha! The main event this last week was having our new windows installed! We did all the windows on our main floor expect for the bathroom (we think we want a glass block window and the …
