At Costco, several times people have stopped me being "friendly", and it turned out they were trying to sell me cellular telephone services. It...
Sorry I haven't posted here in a while. I have been trying to reduce internet use in general, although not here. I just don't have a lot to say....
Today I collected five wagon loads of leaves from my yard. Mostly from trees I planted 15 years ago, mostly Lindens, persimmons, and a maple,...
No super duper front end loaders here. My goodness, that's some serious equipment, @Pacnorwest! Today I hand -raked some linden and maple...
While walking Rufus yesterday, I ran into a neighbor. He told me how crummy the store apples are. Later, I picked some Jonathan, Cosmic Crisp,...
I ordered seeds for next year. This year my dwarf tomatoes did very poorly. The hybrid determinate sauce tomatoes were productive champions....
Today I planted 2 more 25-gal containers with garlic. It's only 6 per container this time. I wanted them to have more room than last year. I...
sorry about your back, @Oreti
Ginkgo tree that I grew from a seed. My dad gave me the seeds in about 1995. I sprouted four, gave him a seedling, and planted the other three...
Here are some I saw, walking around my yard. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Around here, gnomes plant fungi in the yards of...
Here in Southwest Washington State [ATTACH] A week ago, I felt certain there were white button mushrooms growing in the yard, Agaricus bispirus....
Pac, yes! They are garden gold. This year, I'm not going to the old neighborhood in town anymore, collecting leaves. The supply will have to...
Today [ATTACH] You can see the nectar dripping from the fig "eye" So sweet! Torn open. Red "innards" [ATTACH] The last yellow squash. If it...
My neighbor left a pile of tree leaves in my yard. Today I cleaned up the first big raised bed, and mulched thickly with that gift of leaves, I...
So sad to see them all go.
Maples along the dog walk. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The chicken yard maples [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The front view. All of the container kitchen garden plants - peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, strawberries - have been harvested and are gone now....
Despite not finishing the summer stars quilt (tedious border work), I've been working on a flannel winter quilt. Flannel is stretchy and shrinks...
Lots going on in Stewbie's gardens! I've been gradually removing the last of the summer container garden from the deck and patio. Not much to...
Not much time to garden today. I did transplant another rose bush, from large container, into the soil. The ground was hard and dry, so I poured...
