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25 Oct 2009Unexpected sun 6 2 Herb- Parsley, curley Harvesting, Herb- Parsley, Italian Harvesting, Beets Harvesting, Beets Harvesting, Ca...Overcast 17°C / 62°F
Despite gloomy forecasts, it was sunny and 60 today, so I was able to get out into the garden and some of that end-of-year work that’s been nagging. Emptied out the rain gauge, which had 3" in it— that’s about the last 8 or 10 days of rain. Yikes. Glad we’re not clo...
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18 Oct 2009Hard Frost 5 Herb- Parsley, curley Harvesting, Herb- Parsley, Italian Harvesting, Coneflower Dormant, Lupine Dormant, Gl...1°C / 34°F
Despite the weather report saying it wouldn’t get below 45 last night, there is a hard frost out there this morning, still covering all the grass at 7:45 a.m. The parsley looks okay, but clearly I’m going to need to bring it in today. More seasonal warmth predicted for the rest of t...
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17 Jul 2009Playing hooky (again) 5 1 Herb- Caraway Planting Out, Herb- Taragon Planting Out, Herb- Parsley, curley Planting Out, Herb- Parsley, ...Overcast 22°C / 71°F
I finally conceded my utter inability to concentrate because of the hideous amount of work in the garden that hasn’t been getting done (last real time in the garden was July 5; it’s been one 12-hour work day after another (with brief forays onto Folia to maintain my sanity!)
Since it ...
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20 Jun 2009Creeps in the Savory Walk 1 2 Herb- Parsley, curley Potting Up, Herb- Caraway Moved, Herb- Taragon Moved, Herb- Parsley, Italian Potting ...Sunny 29°C / 85°F
The Savory walk is functioning as I’d hoped, little whiffs of scent as you move through and work in there. Delightful. Seriously weeded it, with a spade, so that I really got down under the creeping phlox, creeping sedum, creeping jenny, and creeping charlie (really, that was not planned,...
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21 May 2009Back up plan 3 1 Herb- Caraway , Herb- Taragon , Herb- Chamomile, German , Herb- Parsley, curley , and Herb- Parsley, ItalianMade 3 nine-packs of herbs seeds in case the direct sown ones really don’t produce. If I end up with an abundance of riches, I’ll see what I can keep going to use for gifts.Cloudy 29°C / 84°F

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