#gardens

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

On Thursday morning I didn’t get up until 5:45AM. I checked mail and then headed out to the gardens around 7AM. I got to work on the remaining tomatoes, getting them pruned up off the ground and removing

No two walks are ever the same; even if you walk in the same place at the same time of year, whether alone or with others, the circumstances are always different, and even your mood and motivation for

A red leaf of autumn On Sunday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. It was a pretty cool morning. I got myself and the dying cat fed and headed outside. Once I had my equipment, I got busy cleaning

No matter how convinced I have become, most people have a very hard time believing “my answer” to a simple 4th Grade math problem could possibility become a reality… When I hear people say “the death of