Out In The Garden Leigh on 24 Feb 2010
Sometimes even a wild and crazy gardener can feel daunted when seeing the task before them. As many regular readers know, veggie gardening 2009 at Larrapin was a turning point. The deer won. After the death of our old farm dog Shug, the deer, rabbit and raccoon moved in on our never-fenced garden like the [...]
Miscellany Leigh on 06 Feb 2010
It’s that time of the year when garden bloggers, going crazy from winter…or in my case ice, snow, rain and drear, post pictures of the brand new seed packets, still fresh from the mailbox, they are secretly fondling by the woodstove while dreaming of spring… Sigh. Yep, me too. Above are selections from Baker Creek [...]
Friends at Larrapin Leigh on 31 Jan 2010
We’ve had a lovely snow seven inches deep at Larrapin Garden that I have thoroughly enjoyed. But when the storm began, there were many anxiety-stricken hours as ice began to coat the trees in a terrible deja vu of this time a year ago when we had a devastating ice storm here. As the ice [...]
Friends at Larrapin Leigh on 19 Dec 2009
Flashback- Ice Storm Jan 2009
What fun to get requests for post topics from those wonderful folks who comment on blogs!! Thanks Stephanie and Jen for asking more about making homemade suet blocks, or “bird cakes” as we call them around here at Larrapin. I tried and tried to find photos of this process that I [...]
Friends at Larrapin Leigh on 12 Dec 2009
Once the weather gets cold, the woodpeckers reappear on the suet feeder. With the chilly week we’ve had, it’s rare to look out the kitchen window at the suet feeder and NOT see a woodpecker on it. Above, our adored red-head, the Yellow-Bellied Woodpecker. Occasionally, at the right angle, it’s visible how he got his [...]
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