I can’t tell you how much I am ready for the heat to end! I have had friends telling me not to wish for it – that’ll I’ll regret it come February – but I can’t help it. I am really not a hot-weather person, and the extended heat and humidity we’ve had makes me cranky. I don’t even want …
That taste of spring over the weekend really got me longing to get gardening! And I was seeing some signs of spring even before that – my daffodils were starting to stick their heads up last week, right before the snow covered them up. No fear, though. They’ll be back poking their heads up again soon. The daffodil is, after …
I have to apologize for not getting a newsletter out in January. With everything we were trying to get done at the end of the year in preparation for construction, I just ran out of time. Speaking of construction, we are almost finished putting the finishing touches on the new look for the store, and we’re really excited to share …
Did our pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm take you by surprise? I know lots of people who have said they didn’t finish all their fall clean-up chores before the snow hit, and were worried they wouldn’t be able to get things put away. Luckily, the warm-up and rain took care of the snow, and we now have the opportunity to finish up. I …
I’ve been thinking, and having a number of conversations with others lately, about the somewhat odd weather we had this year, and how it affected our gardens. We started out the spring with seemingly nonstop rain, which brought many problems for gardens. Then, the rain seemed to just totally stop for a long time. It was cold well into the …
Wow – I have to say, this was a great year for my vegetable garden! I had way more zucchini than we could possibly use, we’ll be eating green beans all winter long from the freezer, my sweet peppers didn’t produce well, but we have lots of hot peppers, the garlic did beautifully this year, we have lots of onions, …
I finally have my greenhouse! It has been almost a year of starts and stops due to weather, schedules, and more weather, but it’s finally up! I’ve got all kinds of plans for what I want to grow in it. Now all I need is more time. Not to worry, though – I’ll definitely find the time for this! And …
Wow – we seem to have gone from feast to famine where rain is concerned, haven’t we?! June was incredible, with over six inches of rain, which is about twice our average. And for parts of July, we saw quite a bit of rain, but then it just basically stopped (well, until Sunday night, of course, when many of us …