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Surviving February

    Living in Maine, we expect long and cold winters. Our first snowfall usually arrives by early November, and many years we don’t see the ground again until late March or April. We didn’t get multiple feet of snow this year, but it has been typically cold. Even though January is our coldest month, February is the hardest for me to… Read More »Surviving February

    Revamping the Garden

    Revamping the Garden

      This year’s garden was a complete failure. It’s mostly my own fault. Successful gardening, like anything else, requires time and effort, and I just didn’t put in enough. And the deer, for some reason, decided to use our gardens as their own buffet. Even my dependable blueberries were eaten by the deer, forcing us to go to neighboring farms to… Read More »Revamping the Garden

      Poppy Surprise

        No, it’s not a recipe, even though it sounds like it should be. These beautiful flowers are growing in our garden, but I never planted them. They appeared as if by magic when we cleared the area for our garden near our house. When they first appeared, I decided to allow them to grow because the flowers were so pretty,… Read More »Poppy Surprise

        Growing

            I ordered my seeds early this year, and I’m grateful for that, as I heard of so many seed shortages and shipping delays not long after my order was placed.  I printed my seed starting chart based on a very conservative frost free date for my area, sorted the seed packets by type, and gathered all the containers that… Read More »Growing

          Harvesting Herbs and Small Acts

            I never did get my vegetable garden in this year, and I really missed gardening.  I did get a few herbs in, and when I heard that we had a frost warning for last night, I ran out to pick and preserve what I could so that I had at least something to show for this year’s growing season. I… Read More »Harvesting Herbs and Small Acts

            April garden and old quotes

              The pictures have nothing to do with the words today, but this is what my flower gardens look like this week.  Thought I’d document them and share, because they’re so very pretty. I know, I’m supposed to write these things down somewhere. But I rarely do.  Sometimes I post them on facebook, but then they get lost. So I’m going… Read More »April garden and old quotes

              Spring Weekend

                While the calendar told us of Spring’s official arrival nearly a month ago, this weekend was, for us, the first full spring weekend.  We’ve had beautiful warm days already, but this weekend was time for outside cleaning up and pea planting.  So that’s what we did. Sophie helped me get the peas in.  The garden area is in a rather… Read More »Spring Weekend

                In the gardens

                  Last week I showed you what was blooming in our flower gardens. This week it seems that we made a leap from early spring to late spring. All the trees have leaves on them, creating a green hue to everything inside our little home. This week we have so many new flowers to enjoy. Come have a seat with me… Read More »In the gardens