The hawthorn tree is in full bloom, and so is the horse chestnut tree. Makes for a vision of pink from the kitchen table windows. Sadly, the hawthorn was planted too close to the chestnut, and you can see how they’re growing into each other. (People often don’t think of mature tree size when they’re [...]
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Room With a View
Posted in Garden, Trees, Wildlife on May 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Since you’re not supposed to grow corn in the same place year after year, I was hunting around the yard for a place to try this year’s corn, and thought, hey, that spot where the hot tub used to be gets a lot of sun, and if we just moved a bit of this and [...]
The Season Begins
Posted in Current Affairs, Garden on March 23, 2012 |
I got into the garden for the first time this season yesterday afternoon. The beds need a good cleaning out of last year’s perennials, because last fall I couldn’t see my toes, never mind bend down to get to the soil. But a couple of hours and four trash bags later, the new growth is [...]
Worker Bee Power: The Vine
Posted in Garden, Plants on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Oh, the vine, the never-ending vine, the Virginia Creeper that keeps trying to creep all the way to Virginia. Senior worker bee, needing something to do while visiting, kindly took out some vine down by the lower pond. So the vine on the fence that was behind these chairs is now missing. Not that you [...]
The Fall Garden at 963
Posted in Garden on November 15, 2011 |
And one last view of part of the garden from the deck, before the snow flies:
Fall Trees at 963
Posted in Current Affairs, Garden, Trees on November 14, 2011 |
The huge leaves of the horse chestnut tree that blanketed the lawn have been raked up and are composting, but this is what they looked like before they went – beautiful:
We had our first frost a few days ago, and just before it arrived, we stripped the garden of all its bounty. The tomatoes: A bit of basil: Some Thai chili peppers (mostly green in the photo and still to turn red): And some green peppers that will turn bright orange when they’re ripe, and [...]
Yum
Posted in Food, Garden, Yum on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
And you thought I was kidding about the golf ball cantaloupe that came out of the garden:
Rain
Posted in Current Affairs, Garden on October 4, 2011 |
It’s raining this week, so the garden is getting ready for bed – even though the leaves are still green for the most part, and still on the trees. But it’s fall, gray and overcast. No working in the garden this week, and no photos either. Still, as soon as the sun comes out, it’s [...]
The Last Rose of Summer
Posted in Garden on September 29, 2011 |
Well, OK, the second last one then. There’s a bud behind the rose in bloom.
