The best way to celebrate a special day is by remembering what is special within us and where it comes from, and therefore, where we all come from, and how this can give us the wisdom we seek and even

On Thursday morning I intended to get out to the Small garden around 6AM and get started so we could finish it. But I had to open the house up, get the kitchen cleaned up, start laundry, repair the garden

On Wednesday morning I was out in the Small garden by 6:15AM after spending a little while editing photos for my post. It was hazy but cool. Because we’d taken some of the mulch for around plants in the

South Herb garden – meadowsweet flowers On Tuesday I was up at 4:45AM and worked on my post. It was too wet to get into the veg gardens as it had rained most of the night. We got nearly an inch of rain

View of Big garden taken by Tom On Sunday morning I was up before 5AM to get the sprinklers going in the Small garden and the Big garden. Then I sat down to continue trying to catch up with posts. At 7AM

On Saturday morning I got up at 5AM and put the cream in the ovens to warm up and went back to bed. I got up at 6:15AM and fed the dying cat and went to work on the posts backlog. At 7AM I took the cream

Lovely June day On Wednesday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got the house opened up. It was to be in the 70’sF and partly sunny with strong breezes. I checked the mail and was out in the Small garden by

On Tuesday morning I was up at 4:45AM and did a little bit on photos then got laundry started. I headed out to the Big garden to get mesclun planted. I’d gotten a little broadforking done when I looked

On Monday morning I didn’t get up so early and I worked on the photos from the butterfly conservatory for a while. I went out about 8AM and got started on the New West garden. I had cleaned it out again

Sunrise to the northeast On Sunday I got out early, around 6:15AM and got started mulching the mesclun. It was cooler but the humidity was still really high. I got that done and decided to plant the 3

On Thursday morning it was nearly 70F when I got up and the humidity was pretty high. I started the sprinkler and I checked e-mail and headed to the garden before it got hotter. I finished planting the

Wednesday morning dawn Wednesday morning I was up at 4:45AM and got the sprinklers going. I checked e-mail then went out to the garden at 6AM. I got the area prepped and planted the row of extra storage

New East garden - mock orange in full bloom On Tuesday I was up at 4:45AM and got my post nearly ready to post. I headed out to the garden by 6:15AM and got set and prepped the onion row. I got it planted

Sunrise-Sunset rose On Monday morning I wasn’t doing so well. I got my post up and sat for a while and finally made myself go to the garden at 8AM. Fortunately it was to be the last cool day. I got my

On Saturday morning, because we were making butter, I didn’t go to the gardens. I was still up at 5AM because I had to set the cream to warm up. I worked on getting updated on my posts while I waited to

On Friday morning I was up around 5AM, checked my e-mail and headed out to the Big garden. I got the celery row broadforked and then got the celery out of the cold frame. It had been hard hit two weeks

Another hot late spring morning On Thursday I was up at 5AM and worked on my post for a while before closing the house up and heading to the gardens at 6AM. I got all my equipment and got started prepping

Hot late spring morning On Wednesday morning I was up around 4:45AM. I got laundry started and headed out to the garden at 6AM. It was going to be a hot day and I wanted to get another row finished if

On Tuesday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. Then I cleaned up the kitchen and got set up to feed house plants. I got all my equipment and went out to the Big garden just after 8AM. I prepped

On Monday morning I was up around 5AM and got my post up. I did a little on the bills/budget and then got the kitchen cleaned up. It had been cold again during the night so I wasn’t in a hurry to get outside.