Well- Time to check on the blackberry vines I suppose- I wonder what they look like. Well. That's uh... definitely going to be enough for pie. Pie(s) maybe if I am lucky holy crap. This... This is the first year fruiting for these canes. I already have the start of new growth canes for next … Continue reading Countdown to marionberry pie
Or how to spend a Wednesday getting grass all over yourself while repeatedly breaking a string trimmer. This one's a doozy. The grass on my glasses was only the half of it. Sweater, shirt, pants, shoes- mess doesn't even begin to describe it. But it had to be done. I had to get the rechargeable … Continue reading Weed whacking and other adventures
Well I'd been putting it off and off and off and I can't put it off anymore. It's time to tie up the blackberry. The comfrey has served its purpose of being sort of a green compost so I pulled it and laid it down after some weeding, and pulling the brambles up. The comfrey … Continue reading I just had to have a blackberry…
Been a while, and this one's largely going to be a good news/bad news post because I have a lot of that going on right now. October is a good month. So good news first! The second brassica bed is doing great. Sprouts are sprouting, kohlrabi is rabi-ing- good news all around. My next project … Continue reading Captain’s log: October 9th 2019
September is always a difficult time in the garden. Depending on the weather certain summer veggies are going strong- or failing. Certain herbs are thriving, or starting to die back. Somethings are unchanged, and somethings are just starting to fruit. And of course some bugs have gone away, and some are being a pain in … Continue reading Captain’s log: September 1st 2019
