animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

end of season

The weather was pretty nice yesterday so I made plans to garden in the afternoon. I picked a bag full of peppers and then removed the pepper plants from the garden. I also did some more clean up in the herb garden, but it’s still not done (it really got …

brush pickup

I checked the calendar this afternoon only to find out that it’s brush pickup week here in the township. So we all went outside this evening and gathered our “brush”. Jake did most of the hauling; Brian trimmed the trees; and I trimmed all of the perennials back. We have …

the end (almost)

I picked the last of the tomatoes this evening and removed the tomato plants from the garden. I also did some more clean up in the herb garden. I still have a ways to go with all of this but things seem to be slowing down a little around here, …

more tear-out

I caught a few minutes outside yesterday evening. It’s a shame it’s getting dark so early these days as I surely could have spent more time outside last night. I did some weeding in the pond area–it was full of dandelions. And, I picked a few cukes and tomatoes and …

final harvests

I’ve been doing some harvesting in the garden and tearing out the plants that are no longer producing (as well as doing some weeding–there are more weeds than plants in the garden at this point). I got a bunch of tomatoes the other day–I expect to get more before all …