The warm but not hot wet weather has made the garden lush and jungley this year. Everything is growing happily, including (YAY) the squash in one of my pots. It has two blossoms with several buds. I am really pleased that it is doing well in the container. The trumpet flower and the fall blooming [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Late June Garden
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Canning Cherries
Posted in Buy local, Uncategorized, tagged BALL BLUE BOOK, Canned Cherries on June 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just wanted to add a comment all of my canning recipes come from the BALL BLUE BOOK, it is an invaluable tool for canning, if you are wanting to learn how to can your own food, I strongly recommend it. You will undoubtedly find it as invaluable as I have.
The price of groceries is [...]
My neighbor told me that she killed a honeybee nest in her yard. I told her about colony collapse syndrome and she had no idea about bees dying all over the world. I have to say that I have many many many collecting pollen from my yard. The milkweek is a favorite, but they also [...]
Flowers
Posted in Flowers, trees, tagged Delphinium, Dogwood, Sunflower, Wild Pea on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ust some flowers from our yard and the neighbors
Bubble Butt
Posted in animals, tagged Australian Shepard on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our dog is getting thinner with regular long walks. He still has a jiggly bubble butt though. He has really been showing his age and is sore in his front shoulders after long walks. He loves his short summer cut. He gets so hot in the sun and humid air. I always insist that he [...]
Beautiful Days
Posted in trees, tagged Gingko Leaf on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weather is perfect. It is warm without being hot, when it is cool just adding a jacket makes one comfortable. It is raining more or less every day with a heavy shower and later the sun comes out again. The garden is gorgeous, I think maybe the prettiest it has ever been. Our shipment [...]
Just Pictures
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have taken a ton of pictures in the last couple weeks, but the really hot humid days kept me from the computer room which is usually the hottest room in the house. So here is a gallery of images from the garden.
Working on the Garden
Posted in Buy local, Flowers, birds, tagged Abbots Farm, Cooking in the 'Cuse, Strawberry Jam on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This time of year is usually really busy for me. Work brings lots of additional challenges and there is usually much to do. We finally put up our screens on the remaining storm covered windows; we have the old fashioned clip kind on four. The dog got his annual puppy cut, and perfect timing, it [...]
Baby Cardinal
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While the hubby and I were working on the garden last weekend we saw a small cardinal with lots of brown but definitely some red. I realized it must be a baby male cardinal. Yesterday I caught it…while my daughter was waiting to be driven to school (much to her chagrin). His red had come [...]
Rhodedendron
Posted in Shrubbery, Uncategorized, tagged Rhodedendron on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our rhodedendron in these parts is pretty pathetic. A couple years back there was a Dali show at the Philedelphia Museum of Art and saw mile after mile of gigantic rhodedendron along Rt. 81. It took me a minute to recognize it because our plants here in the north are miniscule in comparison. We inheirited [...]
