The lupines are stunning. Fields of them surround us. It’s hard to feel I’m enjoying them enough. Today I took a walk down to the cove to see this field. It was cloudy, but still beautiful.
Category: seasons
Memorial Day weekend
A rainy, chilly weekend. But the side yard looked like a blueberry jungle emerging out of a light mist. The kiwi vine on the arbor is very robust this year too.
Blooming Orchard
Spring babies
It’s so much fun to observe the new growth springing up. Here’s a gallery.
Hazelnut Catkins
It’s still March. Mostly chilly and windy. Lots of mud. One has to be alert for signs of spring. I noticed our hazelnut catkins are elongating and looking more gold.
Tunk Lake
It’s incredibly blue and white, isn’t it.
Woodstove
Might be my favorite thing about winter. The stove is a companion. And warms us.
Our stove is the Castine model from Jøtul and it’s perfect for us.
Of course, part of the reason I can love heating with wood is that Sam takes care of all the chores involved with getting a handy supply of ready-to-burn logs.
Mulching for winter
We mulched most of the beds for winter. The two near the back got a layer of chicken coop waste covered by a layer of straw. The other beds got waterlogged straw, picked up from J&P Farmers Market. And some leftover hay.
The strawberry bed got a light layer of mulch. It really needs the blighted leaves pulled off and more mulch. Maybe later.
What’s left in the garden? A nice patch of leeks, quite a lot of kale, some juvenile broccoli that I don’t have much hope for, and mostly bygone escarole. A row of half-hearted spinach.
It’s definitely getting to be wintry out there.
Getting reacquainted
A walk in the woods after a weekend away in Connecticut.
Brought home some pieces of birch bark. Destined for the wood stove, but maybe will make some craft items from them.
Also noted this florescence of mushrooms near the garlic beds. Not sure what kind they are, but they look very healthy and happy.
High (really high) tide
One of the highest tides I’ve ever seen today at mid-day. The new moon’s influence? Wind? Don’t know.