To avoid the mess that is our early-August garden, let’s start with one of the better looking spots in the garden, like, say this volunteer sunflower in the herb bed that has 11 flower heads coming off of one robust stalk. We’ll just ogle this one flower and its honeybee friend for a moment before… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Vegetables
This week in the garden – mid-June: peonies, porch, and freaking caterpillars
And also zucchini. Because I planted zucchini silly-early this year and took my frost-dodging chances. Actually, I’ve been planting zucchini and summer squash early for the last few years, usually by May 14 or 15, which is a bit dicey here in southeastern Massachusetts. But this year, we were away at the beginning of May… Continue Reading
This Week in the Garden – Early May
Ahhhh, to have spring back. And the garden back. A few weeks ago, nearly all of the rails in our split rail fence were in pieces. JR was kind enough to replace all of them, giving us that warm, delusional feeling that the garden is protected from deer. Last weekend kicked off the start of… Continue Reading
This week in the garden – end of August: tomatoes and sunflowers
We wait all year for this moment in the garden, and finally, it’s here. The blackberries are still – still! – producing, if only barely. Between our neighbors next door and us, we’ve picked them pretty clean, though there will barely be a moment to be sad when their season has gone by because now,… Continue Reading
This week in the garden – end of July: tomatoes, eggplant, and blackberries
I’ve been a little remiss about garden updates these last few weeks. With family in town from Los Angeles mid-month, followed by an uncontrollable need to get to Block Island (if you know The Block, you understand), we’ve been on the go, and I’ve been keeping my distance from the computer, which isn’t a bad… Continue Reading