A cold has limited my time on the trails so I have been doing chores at home: sprinkler blowout fencepost repairs irrigation line expansion (for the spring) collecting and composting frost-damaged plants harvesting – potatoes, tomatoes, lifting bulbs (dahlias, etc.) collecting fallen leaves and spreading around perennials and shrubs (cold protection) general cleanup before winter and more…
Continue reading →This time of year is a busy time for the garden with lots of things to be done, but I also took the time to enjoy the flowering plants in the various borders, flower beds, vegetable gardens, rockeries, and perennial gardens. A few are shared here. Click an image to go to the album and any photo for an ID.
Continue reading →This website will shift a bit to more focus on nature hikes and flora, and less on gardening. Gardening posts will now be in a widget, mostly seasonal updates or specific plants in the garden. Gardening remains a strong interest, but the website will have less content for the upcoming term.
Continue reading →The latest update can be found at this link – gcc-mag-landscape-1up-for-web-20250906_compressed-2.pdf
Continue reading →Frost took out a number of plants so I spent a number of hours pulling out tomatoes, cosmos, nasturtium, cucumber, squash, dahlias, and others, chopped them up and moved them to the compost heap. Removed dahlia bulbs for winter storage, and buried some potted plants for overwintering.
Continue reading →With wind and rain we opted to walk around McArthur Island, but we lingered along the native garden sections of the loop route.
Continue reading →Two hours of tennis then some time in the garden. Harvested more tomatoes, then processed them for winter storage. More tomatoes are ripening and even some still in flower.
Continue reading →A 12.25 km hike, but not a nature hike. I did spot a few wildflowers (no surprises though), and a patch of rattlesnake plantains.
Continue reading →I dug a hole for a fence post, then added concrete, but also cut the lawn, cleaned up, and harvested tomatoes. Clematis are flowering again.
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