Remember yesterdays post and how excited I was to have the windows open.
Well this is what I woke up to this very morning….
I think January thaws are mean, cruel jokes!
Sigh…hello again winter.
The Joke is on Me!
Sigh…hello again winter.
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Sigh…hello again winter.
Open Windows
After a super cold December, and an inversion laden January
I got to do this today….
It is a January thaw, one of mother natures cruelest jokes.
(the spring like weather was heavenly!)
Wintery Wonderland
We finally had our first winter storm.
It isn’t the first time this season we have had snow, but the first significant amount of snow that is going to stick around for a while.
And
It is cold, so very cold, about 10+ degrees below normal.
Heya Global Warming
(whatever!)
Doesn’t that look cold and frosty?
I love snow this time of year, it makes everything seem so cozy and Christmasy
During the storm a little flock of Morning Doves decided that the tree out my back door was a nice place to hunker down. It was really fun to watch these pretty little birds up close, and of coarse I had to take pictures to share.
Garden Ramble
This past weekend was beautiful and unseasonably cold.
The high on Saturday was 70 degrees, about 20+ degrees below normal.
We broke record that day.
It was like a wonderful breath of fresh air!
We spent the whole day outside gardening and getting some much neglected chores done.
I love this time of year when the garden is bursting with produce.
This is a cabbage that I harvested about 2 weeks ago, there are little baby cabbages starting off the leftover stump. Usually I just pull up the stump and re-plant, but I am going to leave this one and see what happens.
The green beans are big and there are hundreds of flowers on the vine.
I planted pole beans all around the chicken run and shed, it shades the animals and makes the ugly shed look much prettier.
Here we have chives in bloom, and wild sunflower and red-runner pole beans, I love the unusual red flower of this particular bean.
I just finished reading a book called “In Defense of Food”. There are going to be some major changes in the way we eat around here. It makes me feel like all my efforts in the garden are worth it, I have healthier, organic foods at my finger tips for the cost of seed and my (free) labor.
What kinds of things are you harvesting from your gardens right now?
June
I think June is my favorite time in the garden (ask me in July and I will probably tell you that is my favorite month in the garden! I love my garden). I love the newness of everything, the roses start blooming and the vegetable garden is just starting to show its potential.
Come take a walk with me.
The yellow roses are a particular favorite of mineDadzoo bought this bush for me when we bought this house.
