I’ve been pretty busy with house renovations so I just haven’t been doing any writing here – but that will change. We are on week 33 of renovations… and that has to end at some point right? I hope so. The upside and downside has been that I haven’t been able to over obsess about my…
It’s been about a lifetime since I was in the garden. I think the last meaningful time was when I was prepping for the “hurricane” that never was. The worst part of that was I picked all of this fruit that largely ended up spoiling because I couldn’t eat it, sauce it, or give it away fast…
While it’s only been about a week since the last recap, I feel the need to document another update. The reason? The whole thing could be decimated by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Jose by Wednesday. WTF. The idea of the wind turning all my tomatoes into a homemade windblown tomato fight seems terrible, so I’m trying to…
The garden has been slow going this summer. Each week I think it’s going to be the week all the tomatoes turn red… but not yet. I was able to pull out a handful of cherries, grapes, and romas but not the treasure trove I’m excited for. Meanwhile, I was texting with a girlfriend that…
I feel like I’m constantly comparing this year’s garden progress to last year. Are the sunflowers taller? Were the tomatoes a brighter shade of red? Was the dinosaur kale more crinkly? Pretty much the only thing that I’m confident of is that the marigolds are equally crushing it. I’m very much ready for the tomatoes…
So just as fast as the ranunculus showed up… they faded into the past. I enjoyed them for sure but I’m not sure they were exactly worth all the mental energy I put into raising them. The good news is… some of the other flowers are beginning to show life … and blooms as well.…
Oh be still my heart. It’s full swing into gardening season… and things are taking off. It actually makes me nervous to say that. Like did I just jinx the whole thing? I was pretty nervous a few weeks ago. Despite starting seeds very early, all of my plants were small… well that has changed…
I really don’t want to jinx it, but the flower garden is …. doing well. Last year was pretty much an epic failure with the exception of the sunflowers crushing it hard. So any success this year is just really thrilling. But this week, I was out socializing on Monday and Tuesday … and then…
Everything has felt so late and slow this year. The weather has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Tanktops have been a rarity. Vest season has lasted a lot longer than prior years. So, it also felt like peony season was really behind schedule… just like my tomato plants. Well apparently that was a…
Spring just feels so late coming this year. I’m not totally sure if that’s the truth but that’s how it feels to me. I needed the weather to be just a little bit warmer and it finally feels like it is turning. Thankfully I had the last few months to plan for the garden. Burpee…
