Passions I can't deny
Posted in Photography, gardening on Jun 13th, 2010
I thought I’d take a stroll through the slope garden this morning. It was alive with buzzing – lots of bees and butterflies. The following picture brought this question to mind – why can’t we all get along? They do.
Lastly, wanted to show how large the Chandler blueberries can get. This is our first year [...]
Posted in Photography, Ramblings, gardening on Jun 11th, 2010
I mentioned in an earlier post that we have a slope garden that has been a problem child. In the spring of 2008 we decided to make a garden on the slope just above the main veggie garden. Not only would Dave have less grass to mow, but this garden would slow down the rain [...]
Posted in Photography, crafts, gardening on Jun 8th, 2010
Sunday I harvested my first bunch of 2010 lavender. This particular lavender is Sharon Roberts, an old fashion English Lavender. This is our third year for her, but the first real harvest. Last year with everything going on here, I didn’t do real well at harvesting my lavender. I promised myself I would do much [...]
Posted in buying local, gardening on Jun 4th, 2010
What an exciting day! This morning we picked up our first monthly CSA allotment from Stonewall Farm. CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is where customers buy a share in the year’s crop in exchange for paying at the beginning of the season. This is the first year for Stonewall Farms, located on the westside of Evansville, [...]
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Photography, Recipes, gardening on May 31st, 2010
Yes, we have cherries! Yeah! I get so excited about these tart cherries. They’re pretty and so yummy!
So now that we have these cherries, what do we do? Make a cobbler, of course. I use the same recipe for the cherries as I do with my blackberries except I add a little vanilla. This recipe [...]
Posted in Photography, gardening on May 26th, 2010
Well, we went out to check on the cherry tree and they are not quite ready. Looks like it will be tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the alliums are looking good. This is my first year to grow them. The Schubertii is not as tall as I thought it would be so looks like I’ll be moving them in [...]
Well, asparagus harvesting is now just a memory. Today I got out early before the heat and weeded about a third of the asparagus patch. Won’t be long and the whole patch will be a mass of ferns. I just love that look. However, right now, it’s just a little bare and not really much [...]
I believe we can learn from a variety of teachers. For me, gardening has been a great teacher of late. From that love I have learned to accept those things I can’t control which included last year’s cherry-less trees.
Since my blueberry picking will soon begin, I wanted to share one of the lessons I have [...]
Posted in Photography, gardening, irises on May 21st, 2010
Well, I think I am at the end of the road as far as counting our irises. As I mentioned in the last blog, many have still not bloomed, but looks like they won’t this year. Here are my last two.
#38 I purchased last year, but it didn’t have a name and only marked that [...]
Posted in Photography, gardening, irises on May 16th, 2010
Yes, I’m still counting them although we’re getting to the end. I have several that are not blooming this year or might bloom in the fall instead including two orange ones. I also have a black one that is budding but I’ve been waiting for several days and it still hasn’t opened up. So here [...]
