I’m fairly caught up in the garden–I have stuff planted inside and out. But, I’m not at all caught up on yard work. Jake’s birthday is next weekend and the weather looks like it might be nice, so I guess it’s time to at least get the patio in order …
Despite being off yesterday, I took today off to enjoy the nice weather. Yesterday was full of painting the bathroom, shopping at Conzatti’s, a trip to the vet, and making cookies, so I was not able to get outside, as much as I would have liked to. Let’s start with …
I usually plant garlic around the middle of October, but since it’s been so warm, I opted to wait a bit. I probably should have waited even longer, but I hated the idea of having to plant it in inclement weather (since the weather has been so very nice), so …
We might be in the midst of an Indian Summer but the cold spell from a few weeks ago just about killed off everything in the garden. Oddly enough, except for the zucchini–I actually picked three more yesterday, though it’s about done now. I never had a zucchini plant live …
Last year, it was mice, this year, it was a groundhog. One set up residence in the pond area and had to be dispatched. It’s just as well, because he thought my garden was his personal farmers market. Brian set up a trap and relocated the bugger once he was …