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

Last week we started sugar pod peas and green peas inside, as 2 startings in the garden were eaten before sprouting. I have never started seeds in just trays before, and never started peas inside before

Sugar pod peas – 1 tray up On Saturday I didn’t get up until 5:45AM and got the house closed up and fed the dying cat. Then I sat down and worked on the 200+ photos I’d taken during the week. I got a post

Є у мене два види гортензій. Це - деревовидні, які я купувала у нас і які нібито пристосовані до нашого клімату. І - широколистні, або макрофіли, привезені чи прислані із далекої французької Бретані, а

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

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

Вже другий рік я намагаюсь виростити із присланих із французької Бретані гілочок справжні кущі гортензій. І постійно у мене щось не так: то послухала недолугу пораду, то грунт не той взяла, то не той матеріал

Sunday I got up and fed the cat at 6AM so he’d be quiet and went back to bed and didn’t get up until 9:30AM. I got my posts up and sat down for a while. Mesclun #4 seedlings Then I got up and raised lights

Kale survivor is flowering On Thursday morning, I was up at 4:45AM, checked the e-mail, and got the kitchen cleaned up, then set up for seedling feeding. I collected my equipment and went out to the garden.

Kousa dogwood flowers starting On Friday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and set up to feed the seedlings inside. When I went to do the ones in the office, I

Через погодні температурні "гойдалки" цей сезон овочівництва геть не схожий на попередні. Так як власного досвіду ще малувато, то прийшлося поноситися і з розсадою, і з вирощуванням сидерату

Just rainy days… On Wednesday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. I cleaned up the kitchen and puttered around getting ready. I had to water all the seedlings so I got that done. At 8:45AM I called

Коли тебе несе нестримний потік весняних клопотів, пов'язаних із доглядом за садом - квітниками - грядками, плюс хвора мама потребує все більше уваги, то твоя зосередженість на обов'язкових справах

On Wednesday morning I was up around 6AM, got the cat fed and checked e-mail. Then at 7AM I headed out to start mowing. Fortunately there was very little dew as it had been quite windy. The little mower

On Tuesday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got a load in the dishwasher. Then I my post up. I sat for a little while and then got up to tend seedlings. I moved all the big ones to the dining room table

On Monday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got started on my post. I had to stop around 7AM to start prepping for windows. I got the kitchen cleaned up, got out the back porch screens and went out and started

On Saturday morning I was up at 4:45AM and started editing the 50 photos I’d taken on Friday. I got halfway done when I had to stop to do seedlings at 7AM. Lots more were up and then I watered them all.

On Friday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I got the laundry put away and sat down for while. Then I got ready and went out at 9:00AM and opened the cold frame. I got my rakes and got started

Wednesday was a complete washout. On Thursday I was up around 5:30AM and got a load of dishes in the dishwasher. Then I tended the seedlings. A lot more were up on day 6 after starting. I sat down for

On Tuesday morning, I got my post up and then got a load in the dishwasher. I sat down for a while then got up to see if the mesclun had come up. I had been 4 days since it was planted on Saturday. I was