#gardens

Lima bean and zinnia harvest On Wednesday morning I was up around 4:45AM and got my post up. I finished the Fuel Assistance application and got ready for my #2 intern to arrive. I was just finishing up

On Friday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got my post up. I got a load in the dishwasher and was folding the laundry when my #2 intern arrived just after 8AM. I finished folding the laundry and we headed

On Wednesday morning I wasn’t up until 6:45AM! My watch had stopped at 6AM and I hadn’t noticed. Someone was NOT pleased! Once he was fed, I got started on my post and just finished it when my #2 intern

On Monday morning I was up at 6AM and worked on editing the 100+ photos taken the day before. I stopped at 7:00AM to start washing down furniture in the living room and washing and rinsing the floor. My

On Saturday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I went out and made some tea and sat down for a while. I like this flavor in my tea in place of cream and sugar and it means I get some protein

Early late summer morning On Thursday I was up at 4:45AM and got my post up. Then I got sort of organized for the day and finally made it out to the Small garden at 7:45AM after a small breakfast of just

Magnolia still flowering… On Thursday morning I was up at 6AM and got my post up. I folded some of the laundry and then finally headed to the Big garden to finish the weeding around 7:30AM. I tried to

Orangey sunrise On Wednesday morning I was up at 5:15AM and got my post up. I cleaned up the kitchen and then headed to the garden. I had to get sprinklers going and never got started until 7:30AM. It

Big garden – raindrop on nasturtium As Tom was doing the foliar on Sunday he took all these photos. As I didn’t do anything much interesting on Tuesday, I figured I’d use them for the post. West Herb garden

Making kefir cheese On Monday morning I was up at 5:15AM and got my post up. My general helper was here and got up around 7AM. I still had to make the kefir cheese and get a load in the dishwasher before

On Sunday morning I was up at 5:45AM and I got the sprinkler going then got my post up. Then I unloaded the dehydrator. I got a pint of basil to make a small amount of basil salt with. The kefir grains

On Saturday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got my post up. Then I got the kitchen cleaned up and sat down for 15 minutes. I had started the sprinkler when I got up and I had a couple chores to do. I finally

Sunrise Friday morning I woke at 4AM and laid in bed making the list for the day. I finally got up at 4:30AM and got my post written. Then I got the dehydrator unloaded. The first tray where the mandolin

West and West Herb gardens finished On Monday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got my post up. Then I got ready and headed out to the gardens. I had to drag the hoses for watering the new grass back to the

On Friday night I had opened the house up because it was to be low 80’s on Saturday. I had planned to mow but the grass hadn’t grown enough to warrant it. I did sit and pay bills/do budget for a few hours

On Thursday morning I woke at 4AM but I didn’t want to get up. I couldn’t get back to sleep so I read and dozed until 5:45AM. I got the sprinklers going even though they said 30% chance during the day

East Shed garden all cleaned out On Wednesday morning I was up around 6AM and worked on getting my post up. I wasn’t moving too fast and wasn’t even close to ready when my general helper got up at 7AM.

Juneberry flowers - Photo by general helper On Tuesday I was up around 6AM. I got my short post up and then went out to clean up the kitchen. Once that was done, I set up to process beans and went out

Sunday night was an even worse night, up multiple times in the night and not out of bed until 6:30AM and only because the cat had nearly expired. Tom appeared because, while he has 10 motorized vehicles

Photo by Tom On Saturday I got up just before 6AM, fed the cat and started on my photos. I stopped at 6:45AM to get ready to go out to clean out a garden. It was the New East garden under the dining room