#gardens

I am just so enjoying the color and superb light we’ve had this autumn. It’s relatively rare here, as October tends to rain and gloom. The deep blue clear skies against the still remaining foliage is just

Cloudy daybreak On Tuesday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. I got the cat fed and started cleaning up the kitchen. Next I got the laundry started. My #2 intern arrived at 10AM and I had a couple

Back Porch garden – alyssum On Monday morning I was up at 4:40AM and got my post up. I made breakfast and got a shower then got a load in the dishwasher. I had a half dozen phone calls to make before I

Mid afternoon light On Sunday morning I was up at 4AM and got caught up on my posts. I made breakfast and got started drawing paper plans for the 2 gardens we’d laid out on Saturday on the computer. Once

Color to north behind woodshed On Saturday morning I wasn’t up until 7:30AM. Just one hurting unit… Got the nearly dead cat fed and worked on photos for posts for a while. My #2 intern was coming for 10AM

Every morning between 5AM and 6AM he’s obnoxious until I feed him at 6AM. On Thursday morning he decided to empty the newspaper bag all over the floor as I was trying to get my post up. On Thursday I was

A bath in the sun On Wednesday morning I was up at 4:30AM as I had a lot to do before the window guy arrived at 8AM. Most of it was to clean and put back all the stuff taken from around or in the windows

On Monday morning I was up around 5AM and it was a cold foggy morning. I got my post up and the kitchen cleaned up and some more laundry done. My #2 intern arrived at 8AM and we decided to do some jobs/chores

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