Out in our yard

August 20, 2008: Pottery Camp

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:08:39 +0000

Joey will tell you this story...

August 23, 2008: Cutting back

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:03:52 +0000

The east yard.

The front corner (a new dollop started).

August 23, 2008: Mixed Up Forsythia

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:57:08 +0000

Look what's happenings...

Bush in front yard.

In bloom? In August!

August 22, 2008: Daisy Wave

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August 22, 2008

August 16, 2008: First Color

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Tree across the street August 16, 2008

Close up.

August 22, 2008: Tomatoes

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:24:35 +0000

Tomato patch.

The harvest.

The sauce.

We had a wonderful dinner. Fresh sauce with Linguine, black pepper and Romano cheese with a fresh cherry tomato salad and fresh basil (we forgot to take a picture). And of course, vino!

Abigail: August 15, 2008

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:12 +0000

For Abigail, jar candles lighting the Fairy Tree and listening to the music of Loreena McKennitt - the magic of the trees the earth and love. For you on your birth day. We love you.

Celebrating the birth of my granddaughter Abigail Juliette Keating August 15, 2008

And her lovely parents...

Poppop

Jojo

Lighting the candle jars in the Fairy Tree and listening to Loreena McKennitt's 'The book of Secrets' CD. Welcome Abigail into this beautiful, wonderful, magical world.

OUR FIRST CAULIFLOWER

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:24:03 +0000

July: Cauliflower from our garden.

June: Milkweed flower by the entry door.

HOW OUR GARDENS ARE GROWING...

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:32:42 +0000

The tomato garden before...

The tomato garden now...

The Pepper/Eggplant/Cauliflower/Broccoli/BrusselSprout Garden before...

The Pepper/Eggplant/Cauliflower/Broccoli/BrusselSprout Garden now...

The Lettuce Garden before...

The Lettuce Garden now... (Oops - it's run a little wild. But we've had many salads and delicious peapods.)

View from the path before...

View from the path now...

And the most impressive growth so far is our Tall Daisies. They're almost 8 feet tall!
They are just starting to flower - you can see just two yellow flowers over the lilies.

Trillium May 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:54:47 +0000

While scything at the edge of the woods I saw this great plant. " Joey, look what I found. What is it?" She knew what it was right away, "Trillium". I hope the wetness doesn't hurt it.

Fire Swirl May 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:52:35 +0000

Sometimes Fire Swirl... sometimes frog pond...

The leaf gardens late May 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:20:37 +0000

I'll let Joey tell you about how the leaf gardens came about...

The second leaf will be Joey's tomato patch.

A third leaf will tuck in at the top of these too (some day).

The Leaf Gardens - by Joey

Okay. I just assumed that vegetable gardens were rectangular. Rows of this and rows of that. When Bernie started digging a gaping hole in the yard shaped like a curved teardrop, I gently asked what he was doing. I said, "Aren't you going to dig a square?" "No," he said, "Why should it be square?" and I said, "because you need rows to walk on while you're weeding." "No," he said, "You can just reach in." So I pleaded, "How about just one row up the middle and you can curve it too?" And then I stomped up the middle to show him what I meant. There was a pause. "Coooool !!!" he said, "It looks like a LEAF!" And that is how our leaf gardens came to be. I love them!

Salad garden late April early May 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:12:53 +0000

The corner of the woodpile (the wood support was removed) was cleared for our spring salad garden.

This was in early May and things are coming up fine. Snow peas in the back and right side rows now on July 4th are as tall as the wood stack and we will have some tonight in our salad.

Front yard Spring 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:07:10 +0000

This shows the first cutting. The far side (north) of the front path has not been cut yet.

Out in the...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:03:05 +0000

Watch this place!

Something is growing.

OMG. Thanks to some friends.