Back in 2022 we had cleaned up the cellar and a lot of long boards had been left in one area. They were a pain because one had to step over them to get from one side to the other. They had also gotten

On Wednesday morning I was up at 5AM and got the photos edited and the post written and up. Next I got the kitchen cleaned up and then I folded the laundry. My #2 intern arrived at 7:15AM and I had already

West garden - ligularia flowers I’ve become a real slug-a-bed lately. I didn’t get up until 6:15AM on Tuesday morning. But I was awake for about 1½ hours in the middle of the night. I had a lot of photos

On Friday I was up at 5AM and got the post up, then got the kitchen cleaned up. I went out at 7AM to pick all the green beans. But there weren’t very many. And many had been chewed on. So I decided to

Morning sun at 7AM in mid August We’ve been having nice cool nights the last couple days so pretty good sleeping. I got up at 5AM on Monday and got the photos edited, post written and up. Then I got the

On Wednesday morning I never got up until 6AM as it was gently raining and sounded so nice. So I was still editing photos for my post when my #2 intern arrived at 7AM. My general helper had been given

What we started with On Thursday morning I was up at 5AM and working on editing photos. I’d taken a lot on Wednesday. I had to stop and get ready for the day at 5:45AM as my general helper and my #2 intern

When I got up at 5AM on Wednesday, the forecast had changed and there wasn’t to be rain until late afternoon. So I was rather lack-a-daisical about getting out to do the trash shed. I decided to go check

I was up at 4:30AM on Tuesday as I had a bit to do before I went out to the garden at 6AM with my #2 intern. I got my post up and got laundry started. Then I started closing the house up against the sun

On Monday morning I didn’t manage to get out to the garden until 6:30AM. I discovered the rain in the night had knocked down many of the plants. So I went and got all the posts I had and lots of baling

On Sunday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post written and up. Once the cat was fed, I headed to the barn at 7AM to load the truck with wood chip mulch. But nothing is ever as easy as it seems. I

On Wednesday morning I’d decided I wasn’t going to be a useless article and was going to get another garden done. So I headed out to the South Herb garden, a 20’ x 4’ garden, that hadn’t been touched since

On Friday morning I was out to the garden by 6:15AM. But I had a LOT of prep work to do before I could start planting. First I had to mulch the ginger area that I had stripped on Thursday. That took 2

East of Steps – dianthus in all the weeds On Thursday morning I was up by 5:15AM. I got my post up, watered a few of the house plants, fed the cat and headed to the garden by 6AM. I had hopes of finishing

Mulching, Garden Maintenance, and Much, Much MORE! If you've been following me, you know that April And MAY were EXTREMELY busy times for me, for work. I spent an absurd amount of time in hotels, traveling

On Tuesday morning I got a late start outside. I’d taken a lot of photos the day before that I had to edit for the post. Then I decided to get a load of dishes in the dishwasher. I finally got outside

On Monday my general helper had stayed the night so we were out in the garden by 6AM. I got the row of celery and the one of leeks in and mulched with leaves of hay. She did the 3 little rows, 2 of beets,

On Friday night I was coughing a lot from the allergies and had told my general helper to skip Saturday. I was in bad shape on Saturday. I managed to get the trash ready to go to the dump by 8AM and my

The powers that be have changed the zone I garden in from 4a to 6a. But I had decided I wasn’t going to change when I’d been planting things just yet. Having said that, I did move all the plants out when

On Wednesday morning I was out in the Big garden by 6AM. I got the artichokes planted and mulched and laid out the tomato and peppers. Next I prepped the area. But the more I looked at it, the less I liked