Some photos from yesterday morning and then from yesterday’s snowshoe excursion on the Woods Trail starting behind the house.
Woods Trail, winter
Category: seasons
Final touches
It seemed to take me forever to acknowledge that winter is coming, is indeed here.
I declare that putting the garden to bed is finally finished.
Some things didn’t get done or are done haphazardly.
Potatoes, parsnips and carrots are still in the ground. Marked as well as possible, except for the carrots.
Some leeks are still in the garden. I had so many from the community garden that I couldn’t deal with that patch at home. Today I just threw some hay on their frozen stalks and decided to leave until spring.
Sam built a cold frame of sorts over the mature kale. We’ll see how that does.
I took away all the row cover. Note to self: row cover in the late garden is a bad idea. It freezes onto everything, blows around in storms, sags under any little snowfall, and generally gets beat up and ripped to shreds. Useless. I just laid hay, the magic blanket, on top of all the remaining greens.
Yep, it’s winter
It’s cold. After a warm November that lulled me into laziness. I didn’t get everything done in the garden. So some things froze that aren’t supposed to. Granted, I don’t really have the infrastructure needed to keep greens in the main garden. That would probably be cold frames. The row cover is not adequate. That’s the way it goes.
The dried heads of various flowers are interesting this time of year. A variety of browns and all different textures. I don’t cut them back until spring so they can provide cover or whatever for creatures that might depend on them.
And I spotted these sweet little cups when cutting back fronds in the asparagus bed. They are growing on bits of straw. The largest is maybe 1/4 inch wide.
Fall color
It really is so beautiful. It’s hard to resist photographing even though every year and for every viewer, it’s always beautiful. Kind of a cliché.
These are from my walking route. Maples and a cinnamon fern.
Hoophouse rehab
The hoophouse has been uncovered for the season because we made a bet on warm, wet weather. We had plenty of rain. It was warm, but not the dreadful heatwave some parts of the US got. So the plants did okay. The tomatillos were especially happy. The basil also did well.
But the time comes to think about covering it up for the cold season growing. First step is to clean up the area. Lots of grass and weeds grow up around the edges. Things accumulate there, like wood, sticks, planks, plastic pots, cords, trays, watering cans…
We removed everything and Sam weedwhacked. He should be wearing safety glasses, but he was not. And got a scratched cornea as a result. Which necessitated a midnight visit to the emergency room with eye pain. It was not serious, luckily, and he anticipates a complete recovery.
Storm Watch – Ida
The remnants of Hurricane Ida have reached Maine.
Storm watch – Henri
Hurricane Henri doesn’t seem to be affecting the surf in our area. It’s calm and flat. We’ll get some rain, but I don’t anticipate much bad weather.
Summer day
Just some photos of all the beauty surrounding me on this sunny summer day.
Overview – end of June
I took photos in the early morning, so the lighting is quite shadowy. But here is a tour of the main garden rows. We have had some good healthy rainstorms lately so the plants are starting to look lush.
Mid summer overview
Almost summer solstice and my garden is growing. Here’s what the rows look like with the exception of the tomato rows:
