With snow on the ground and temperatures dropping, this is the perfect time to look at how our gardens did this past year, compare it to the year before where we can, re-examine our goals, make some adjustments, and use that information to plan on what we will do next year. Because we went from … Continue reading Analyzing our 2021 garden: overview and planning for 2022 and beyond
growing things
Fall garden update: squash tunnel gourds
While the squash and melons are died back, or in the process of doing so, I continue to be amazed by the Tennessee Dancing Gourds. These were one of our "fun" crops. Yes, I hope to use them for crafting purposes, but really, I just thought they were adorable and hoped that maybe, just maybe, … Continue reading Fall garden update: squash tunnel gourds
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Brightness through the haze
Today is turning out to be cooler than predicted - as I write this, we are at 16C/61F, instead of the hourly forecast temperature of 22C/72F we're supposed to be getting. I'll take the cooler temperatures. Especially since the predicted rain has not happened. Oh, we're getting the odd spittle from the sky, but that's … Continue reading Brightness through the haze
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Dark Sun
More and more of the sunflowers are opening up, and today I spotted one that's different. Most look like this. Bright, sunny, mostly yellow with light oranges and greens around the developing seeds. Then there was this one. The camera actually lightened it up a bit. Compared to the others, this one looks almost black … Continue reading Dark Sun
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Resilient
Last night, a massive storm system passed over us. In parts of the province, there were tornado warnings. Here, we had rain. Finally. It started to rain somewhere around 2am, and didn't stop until about 7am, and we might still get more, later. For all the watering of the gardens we've been trying to keep … Continue reading Resilient
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First sunflower!
No, none of our giant sunflowers are blooming, yet. In fact, we didn't even plant these ones. Bird seed and deer feed we've been leaving at one end of a flower garden have been sprouting. Much of it is in the grass and gets mowed, but right under the platform feeder, we're letting them grow. … Continue reading First sunflower!
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Our first haskap berries
I was out doing my rounds a lot earlier than usual, though I skipped tending to the kittens for later. My husband needed to go into town to get his blood work done - something that has been postponed several time already - and we were planning to get there for when the lab opened. … Continue reading Our first haskap berries
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Growth
So the series of severe storms that looked like they were going to head right over us... didn't. They passed to the East of us, instead, though we did get some nice rain. I'm good with that. I headed out to check on things this evening, and was greeted by a Rolando Moon! She seemed … Continue reading Growth
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New Growth
I found some lovely new things growing this morning! The first was the sudden appearance of these mushrooms on a dead tree. They were not there, yesterday! Meanwhile, my mother's honeysuckle just exploded with flowers! It is so good to have the rain, after last year's drought! The Re-Farmer
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Recommended: What the Fungus
Welcome to my “Recommended” series of posts. These will be weekly – for now – posts about resources and sites I have found over the past while that I found so excellent, I want to share them with you, my dear readers. 🙂 Whether or not I continue to post these, and how often they … Continue reading Recommended: What the Fungus
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