One bed squared away

Now I’m falling behind on getteng the yard cleaned up. I’ve got exactly one patch weeded, and covered with compost. You can’t see them, but the upper right corner also has 20 slivers of garlic planted from the cores of a couple heads of garlic. That one leek is the last of a batch I […]

A veggie patch in May

Here’s my tiny vegetable patch, which may give you some idea of how little ground I manage to keep neat.

Last and first harvest

I suppose these leeks are both the last harvest of last year and the first harvest of this year. They weren’t looking too hot out there, but they made it. When the ground finally reappeared, I went out and pulled and yanked from side to side and pulled and–

A Snow Recession

Last week, everything was covered in snow, but it didn’t take long for the snow to recede. The first sign was the tips of leaves poking through.

Hard Frost

Daylight Savings Time ended, the juncos showed up, and now we’ve had a week of hard frosts overnight and mostly twenty-degree days. I guess it’s time to admit winter has started. There was even a white rime on the ground this morning, but no way was I going outside to get a picture. You’ll have […]