Time to put away the Christmas tree

It was time.   Treebeard no doubt took it hard, but the old christmas tree had done its part.  A few weeks indoors for the holiday season,  a few months next to the bird feeder, and this last month tucked in the back corner of the yard waiting to jump onto the compost pile.  At least [...]

Curing the great zucchini problem

there used to be a zucchini patch in the vegetable garden…
then we discovered the cure,  no patch, no running neighbors, and no vats of fermenting zuke-brew ( is it really better than pumpkin brew ? )
Some will say it is not a cure, just farther over another and stranger line.  The tomatoes are gone, green [...]

Planting time

I meant to do this planting thing last fall.

But there was no time, the bed was not ready, the seeds were barely sorted and there were too many, and it just was not going to happen.
So the seeds sat in the pantry all winter long. And I waited too. Yesterday afternoon [...]

Spring is sprunging …. finally

It is spring – enough of wondering what to post.
Taking a walk, or was it a slosh, around the garden there were greening and blooming things to see. Crocuses are sitting in the rain, waiting for a little sun to open them up. There are perennials starting to show signs [...]