Indian Summer

The past few days has been glorious around here. Temps are up into the 60’s and it’s sunny. Just perfect for working outside, with no bugs, wind, or it being to hot. It’s so nice for a change and good for the spirits.
The leaves have fallen and the trees are all but a few bare and [...]

Planting Garlic

It’s past that time and my bulbs are still sitting here in the kitchen! I like to plant mine as close to the Autumn Equinox as I can…missed that this year….
The beds are ready…About 6 weeks ago I pulled back the mulch from last year, added a good 6″ layer of compost, tossed it all [...]

A fall Surprise

I’m still quite busy filling out applications. Although there aren’t lots of jobs to apply for these days…
I was walking around the garden yesterday pulling weeds and noticing how many of the flowers are looking ready to sleep for the winter and ran into this….
 
 
 
A Glad….What a Glad I ask myself, I didn’t plant any [...]

The Making of Plans

We still have a few weeks left of warm weather but the signs are there. Late summer is here and so is the coming of fall around here. Already some of the trees are showing their bright red fall colors, the grass is wet with dew every morning and the fall wild flowers are starting [...]