crushed…

24 Saturday Sep 2022

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prepped some items from the garden…

gathered morning glory seeds and brought in a ton of parsley… it didn’t get eaten up this year, lol… talked with Google about ways to prepare it for the winter…

two suggestions sounded like something to try… I pulled off most of the stalks and put half of the parsley onto parchment paper and then baked it in the oven for about twenty minutes… when it cooled I crushed it by hand and put it into a bottle… looks good…

next I took the rest of the stalk-free parsley and bagged it… six bags went into another and went into the freezer…

it will be interesting to see which type I like the best;-)…

ensconced…

23 Friday Sep 2022

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well, Wednesday was that day in the garden, sigh…

Hilda the Gardener came by and most of the planters in the front yard and garden were cleaned out…

as an experiment, a few plants which had been in the planters were put into the ground to see if we could reuse them in the spring… and we tried that with the strawberry basket as well…

everything looks tidy and ready for the next seasons…

I am going to miss time spent in the garden although I am so happy with how many days I was ensconced in the space…

there will be many wonderful memories to enjoy during those freezing cold days in the middle of winter…

but for now, here’s hoping for more beautiful days in this magical space;-)…

residing…

22 Thursday Sep 2022

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the mandevilla came in a few days ago since the weather is cooling off…

my grandson carried it from the back, through the kitchen and into the living room…

currently it is residing in the front window… amazing how much smaller it makes the room, lol…

the flowers were just starting to open and I am hoping that all the buds open without falling off…

bud…

13 Tuesday Sep 2022

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so excited last Wednesday to discover a water lily bud… I had pretty much given up hope of seeing one this year…

throughout the day I took photos as it worked towards opening…

it was at its peak on Saturday…

today it is getting ready to slide under the water… as the next bud begins to open…

what a wonderful treat as we move into cooler weather…

talk about blessed…

pit…

12 Monday Sep 2022

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went into the cupboard over the fridge and checked on my current avocado pit…

weeks ago I had put it into a plastic bag with a bit of water, set it up there, and forgot about it… now it was ready…

chose a nice mug container and dug out a used plastic pot that would fit inside it…

popped in some stones and soil… then planted the pit which had cracked in half and had a bunch of roots on the bottom…

looking forward to watching it grow…

arch…

11 Sunday Sep 2022

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took this shot from the side garden the other day…

it brought to mind how that garden has looked over the years…

it used to be a shade garden and my beloved would wander into it and weed all the time…

after he died the tree that provided the shade was taken down… I ignored this space and for a number of years it was basically a weed patch, yikes…

once Hilda the Gardener came it started to improve and over the last few years we have focussed on it a bit more, lol…

last year we added the file cabinet raised bed and it has worked beautifully…

I am now looking for a garden arch trellis that will go from the raised bed to the wall of the house… it will give the peas and cucumbers a better place to grow on…

I think it will be a great addition once I find it, hopefully by spring…