I’m so glad that I’m finally producing the shoot salad mix consistently now. A few folks on the island have told me that they’ve been looking for it in the produce cooler and have been disappointed because it’s never there. From now on, it’ll be there! It all depended on me ordering a new batch [. . .]
thinking about cherry tomatoes
A basket full of super-sweet “Sungold” cherry tomatoes, from two summers ago. Earlier this month, it was tomato seed starting time in the greenhouse. All those shriveled up, almost microscopic seeds make me uneasy. Every spring at seed starting time, moments of anxious doubt creep into the picture as I plant those sad looking dried [. . .]
Happy Spring!!
The red flowering currant is starting to bloom at the edge of the forest near the garden and you know what that means: Mr and Ms Rufous are back! They love this flower and every year around this time, its bloom signals the return of the rufous hummingbird. No wearing my red jacket in the [. . .]
a new garden gate
Work on the new garden gate was completed this week and I love it! My island neighbour, Mike Nadeau did a beautiful job, don’t you think? It’s such a joy to arrive at the garden every day for work and get to look at this first thing..I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it! [. . .]
a week ago
We drove down the road to Portland last week and while we were there a big ol’ windstorm hit our neck of the woods. We came home to a few trees like this one down in our little corner of the forest. Our long driveway was completely green in some places, covered with fallen branches [. . .]
appreciating the garden kitchen
I sure am appreciating the big sink and the finished countertop in the little garden kitchen. I use them for so many of my weekly jobs and now that the busy spring season is beginning, it’s making things so much more efficient and doable than in past years. That countertop sat unfinished for waaay too [. . .]