A Larrapin Garden

The last week and a half was just glorious weather–sunny and dry, highs in the 70’s. Perfect! So I’ve been away from the blog gardening like mad. We’ve been putting in some new veggie beds and getting nasturtiums and squash I grew from seeds into their new homes. (pics to come later on that…)
Meanwhile, the [...]

The timing is a little funny, considering all the rain we’ve had, but I finally finished the solar shower. I’ve had the supplies since last summer when we dreamed up a sun-heated outdoor shower set-up. I looked at dozens of solar showers folks have made and posted online. Most had very small reserves of warm [...]

This cute little guy–a Summer Tanager–visits every Spring and is a frequent diner at the suet block. Finally got his portrait. I’m putting his picture here so I won’t have to show you the garden. It’s pretty beat up from a) constant rain b) major recent deer attack and c) high winds. The theme for [...]

This pic was snapped day before yesterday during a sunny hour. We haven’t had many of those this month. In front are beets, in back spinach, all the way back is the garlic from last fall. The long row on the left is sugar snap peas – very small and late because the deer ate [...]

What happens when the sun finally comes out after about two weeks of rain: steam! It got up to 80 something quite suddenly after our two weeks of cool and cloudy. I nearly melted.  I took the morning to clean out the chicken coop (yeah, fun!). But hey, what comes out of the coop goes [...]