Dyer's chamomile The weather weirdness continues. I still have flowers blooming in the garden amidst the fallen autumn leaves. I can still pick arugula to put on a sandwich. The ground has zero frost in it. Nonetheless, with an assist from Mrs. Dashwood, I planted garlic today even though the 10-day forecast shows night temperatures …
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Rainy Vacation
I’ve been on vacation since a week ago Friday, but didn’t plan to take a blog vacation. My plans were to spend every morning in the garden but the weather had other ideas. We’ve been alternately hot and humid and cool and humid with the ups and downs punctuated by a lot of rain. I …
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 …
On Fire
The Autumnal Equinox happened early Saturday morning, but James and I celebrated Friday evening. Good thing too since he got the new COVID vaccine Friday afternoon and by Friday night wasn’t feeling great. He spent a large part of Saturday alternating between sleeping and walking around in a don’t-feel-very-well funk. After a decent sleep Saturday …
