We put the tree in the house late last night, and the whole house is full of balsam fir fragrance (Frasier is also called balsam fir commonly). And…OK… I am over the Concolor, but only if I don’t think about it. The guys were supposed to put on the lights, but they got too tired […]
winter
Cold Exaction
The Hard Frost came this week and took it’s last toll of my garden. The nasturtiums lay in a puddled heap of wilted green. The canna and the other tropicals collapsed in on themselves…ready now for their dormant basement life through the winter. Most of the leaves are blown from the trees, but my sweet […]
Winter :Wonderland or Blahs?
I have given some thought about where I want this blog to go during the winter season. There isn’t alot of gardening news in the winter, but there is the planning/dreaming part. I usully rev up my online work in January (due to weather and my personal biological cycles), but December creates a bit of […]
brrrrr
It is just plain cold here in Ohio. Just plain toooo cold. I was thinking the other day about how the days and the temperatures affect our moods. Especially the mood to work in the garden. Now, dedicated gardeners mostly ignore those flighty feelings, but we are all given to it sometime or other. The […]
Garden Planning in February
My garden is in the throes of February. It thaws, it freezes, it is ice, it is puddles, it is whatever February wants to be! I am hesitant to start seeds because I have so many irons in the fire at this time; yet I know I will be sorry if I don’t. Maybe if […]
ReFreeze
Re-froze, so I guess that is it for the thaw! In my garden there is often a mid-winter time with decently warm temperatures and dry enough earth to do some early tilling. I get the feeling that this won’t materialize this year. When it does, it is absolutely the best time to get the vegetable […]
