Monarch caterpillar up by the barn, taken by my #2 intern On Wednesday I was up late, not til after 6AM and got the dying cat fed. I checked e-mail and then started cleaning up the kitchen after closing

On Wednesday morning, I wasn’t up so early as no one was coming. It had finally been a nice cool night and I didn’t want to get up. I got my post up, cleaned up the kitchen, and got the laundry folded

On Friday morning I didn’t get up early as it was raining off and on. I got caught up on my posts and got the laundry folded but not put away. I cleaned up the kitchen and then just rested until my #3

(Many of these photos were taken by my #2 intern.) On Friday I was out in the Big garden by 6AM and started planting the plants we bought on Thursday. I started with the parsley and soon found out why

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

Вирощування гортензій - не така і проста справа, особливо коли ти вперше познайомився із цими квітучими чагарниками зовсім недавно. За деревовидні саджанці, придбані в Україні, хоч не так лячно. Бо вони

Ready to plant On Friday morning it was pretty cold when I got up, outside, so I got my post up, finished the bills as far as I could until the checks come in, did the milk order, and finally got ready

Минулого року вперше побачила на своїй клумбі справжні сортові алліуми. Замовляла цибулини цих квітів і висаджувала їх восени. І вже наступної весни вони по черзі почали квітнути, щоразу вражаючи нас своєю

On Monday I didn’t get up until 6:30AM! Boy was somebody mad! I got him fed and got the laundry started. I needed to get my clothes for exercise class done by 9AM! Then I started on my post. I had to stop

For the #hivegardenqotw I went back to my photos and entries in Quicken. The garlic was ordered on July 12, 2025 but didn’t arrive until October 7, 2025. I had to order new garlic this year as the seed

On Saturday morning I was up around 5AM and got my post up. I cleaned up the kitchen and sat down to read a Christmas book until it warmed up outside. I was cold so I went in to lie on the couch under

On Friday morning I was up at 4AM and got the load of linens washing. I got a load in the dishwasher and then got my post up. I got the linens in the dryer and cleaned up the kitchen. My helper friend

On Wednesday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. It was pretty cold again. I got the kitchen cleaned up and then got laundry started. The mulch guy arrived at 8:45AM and we unloaded 20 more bales.

A couple days ago, Larry decided there was something that smelled interesting on the top of the chair. It was thoroughly investigated. On Tuesday I was up at 4:30AM and got my post up. When I went to load

On Friday morning I was up at 4:30AM as I had a good amount to do by the time my helper friend arrived at 8AM. I got my post up and then cleaned the kitchen. When I put the shades up at 6:45AM it was going

On Thursday I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. The cat is finally resigned to the time change and is fed at the new 6AM/PM times. He still drives me crazy for an hour before each one, but that’s normal.

Despite the very cold temps at night, there are still several flowers flowering around the house. This one, in the Old North garden, is honesty. I’ve been finding the seed discs from it all over the backyard.

On Tuesday morning I was up at 4AM and got my post up. I worked on bills/budget for a while then made some breakfast. I sat down for a while then got up to clean up the kitchen and start prepping for making

source On Monday I was up at 3:30AM thanks to the time change. I got my post up and moved on to bills/budget. At 7AM I made some breakfast and by 8AM I was so tired I went back to bed and slept until nearly