The transitions of the seasons in my garden are the allegory of my life right now. I have a love-hate relationship with gardening that mirrors the love-hate relationship I have with my body as it ages and it gets harder to have it be what I want it to be. Sometimes my garden mocks me […]
General gardening
Job Log
I had the family help and did the first raking. The yard looked fairly clear, and had that restful look that something has when a job is finished. But as with most things that is short lived. The rains came today to strip most of the last of the leafy stragglers. This is typical November […]
Raking Leaves
It’s that time. Most of the leaves have fallen from the trees around here, and the weather has been rainy on and off. It is time to rake up all the leaves in earnest before the constant rain of November, the chill, and the winds make it an unpleasant chore. Besides, the machinery that we […]
And So, It Ends
The summer gardening is ended. It has been wet and soggy the past couple days, although I squeezed a bit of gardening in this week. Weeding, mostly. I weeded in the rain the other day, it reminded me that I have often worked in adverse weather, although the soft summer rains cannot truly be categorized […]
Monday was for Mulching, Tuesday is for Blogging
Yesterday, in the moderating weather, we mulched with the shredded pine bark. That is my favorite type of mulch because I like the way it smells, and it is a pleasant sort of brown. Usually I would buy cypress, for its insect repelling properties, but I don’t really like its color or texture. One year […]
August Gardening: Ten Suggestions
Yes, it is hot, and no one feels like doing much gardening in the dog days of summer, but here are ten suggestions for your gardening efforts. Remember that August is a good time to weed, and get things ready for fall season planting. September is an important time to plant perennials so they […]
