State of the Garden (Here Come the Beans)
I’ve been eating young tender beans a few at a time when working in the garden, but now comes the week or two when they are abundant. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
State of the Garden
I went out into the garden right after I sat for meditation this morning. Even at 7 a.m., the air was hot summer thick. I harvested cherry tomatoes, a handful of green beans, a cucumber, a red onion, and some… (READ MORE)
Yesterday’s State of the Garden (Before Andrea)
Tonight in the moist tropical air of Andrea and her wake, the garden is outrageously blowsy. It will be a marvel when the sun heats it up again.
State of the Garden
The white flowers growing with the tomatoes and cucumbers (cages) and the beans (red supports) are coriander that over-wintered, and gave lots of good leaves from late winter through mid-spring. I’m now letting them go to flower and then seed…. (READ MORE)
This Evening on the Catio
The snow pea shoots were Especially exquisite. And the kale flowers. Hydroponic tomato from one of the farmers at the Penn Quarter Thursday market and organic avocado, tossed in tahini and then sprinkled with fine balsamic vinager, supplement sprouts grown… (READ MORE)
Mostly Anticipation (State of the Garden)
It changes daily this time of year. In the sink, the last of the spinach that over-wintered. Making way for new plantings. A garden can only be this full at the beginning, if there is a commitment to thin constantly;… (READ MORE)
Blooming Around Town
A particularly prickly-looking tulip just north of the Capitol. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
State of the Garden (Front)
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State of the Garden
There was one week with highs below freezing and nights in the teens fahrenheit, but other than that this winter in my garden has been perfect weather for greens and root vegetables. Tyrone came for a quarterly check for various… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden (And Anecdotal Evidence of Extreme Weather Occurrences Due to Global Climate Change)
Scheduled to arrive some time tomorrow is one of those impossible to forecast until it is happening because how fast the storm travels and a variance in its track of even 50-100 miles north or south, or east or west… (READ MORE)