Frilly/spiky pink tulip Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. We’ve had a few hours of sun today (after serveral weeks of rain, and apparently before several more weeks of rain) so I
Category: Garden
Lettuce!
Lettuce! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. It’s a blurry little green thing! Actually growing! There’s always such an unsatisfying lag between planting seeds and any obvious result. These lettuces were planted
Ah, spring
…or not. That’s a picture of my front garden as it appeared yesterday afternoon. The other day I was going through my photos looking for something else entirely and I
Thump
Last night when I went to bed, the maple tree out front of our house still had most of its leaves. This morning, not so much. The neighbour’s car was
The season of Projects
Late summer and early fall are usually the season of Projects in our house. They’re usually of the preserving kind, although as always renovation projects elbow their way in as
Ah, October
Leaves turning… And then falling… And of course, time for playing in the pool, because it’s 35 sweaty degrees out…
Animal, vegetable, miracle
Animal, vegetable, miracle: a year of food life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver. It’s a simple premise for an experiment: what does it look like
Proto-strawberries
Proto-strawberries Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. In a few weeks we’ll be fighting the squirrels and raccoons for these…
My grandfather’s violets
My grandfather’s violets Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. A big pile of happy violets! This is part of the main clump in the garden, although the ones that made a break
Crocus
Crocus – March 27 Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I have a nasty migraine, but when I saw crocuses blooming as the mailman dropped off a package I was compelled to
Aha!
Aha! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Now that the great piles of snow have pretty much melted off our lawn, I spotted the beginnings of a crocus.
Winter garden
Winter garden Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Tarragon and “oregano” (it’s probably some sort of extra-pungent thyme, but we’ve always treated it as oregano) from my grandfather’s garden in the foreground.