It is early August and early in the morning, the sky is still waking up and a faint mist is in the air. Looking about the garden, walking here and there, I am planning for fall and beginning to sow the last crops to go in the veg garden. It is hard to believe we have come to August, the we are at the tail end of the growing season, now we are counting weeks to the first frost, where just 3 month back we were moving tender plants out in the garden.
Read MoreHappy Spring! Winter is behind us, and this last week it has surely felt that way, the days have been warm and the nights quiet mild, we have had some sun, a bit of clouds and rain, but it is Spring!
Read MoreDecember is a slow month in the garden, I think I do about as much “gardening” this month as I do in a single week in April. That is not to say I am not in my garden, or there aren’t numerous projects we are working on.
Read MoreOne of my favorite gardners, Monty Don, states that October is really new years in the garden, and I can see his point. This is the month that we begin to prepare for next year. plants are getting moved or divided, seeds are being collected, cuttings taken.
Read MoreWe are well into September now, and a though we still are warmed by the noontime sun and tempted into thinking summer will stick around a bit longer, we know it is fading. Leaves have just begun to turn, there is a crispness and clear quality to the air, and a coolness in the morning and evening to calls for slippers or at least sweaters for morning coffee or a late night tea in the garden.
Read MoreHere we are, in the height of summer. The sun is still high, the gardens are a riot of color, and typically it is quite hot (although we have started the month with cooler temps a quite a bit of rain). If you go off a calendar, it will tell you summer has just really begun, but to me, this is high summer. The days are still stretching out long before us, the sun still high over head, radiating heat down upon our bare skin that compels us to jump in the nearest body of cold water. July is sunshine and heat, tall sunflowers, extra watering in the garden, a lot of harvesting, swimming, and lingering out in the garden late in the last of the evening light.
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