Yum. Did you make it in an alfredo sauce?
Spent time in the garden today. Still very beautiful... marigolds and begonia still vibrant. The grass is green too.
Alfredo/tomato/basil sauce - yummy!
We're still getting small tomatoes and basil and lemons & limes. But we need to batten down the ol' sunroom. Gettin' chilly!
I refuse to give up at this point. I still have roses, alyssum, butterfly bush-(so sweet!) and others in bloom. Much is dead now but lived and died in the dignity of natural beauty.
Autumn gardens are profoundly beautiful. Almost like the negative of a photograph.
Yesterday I moved some tall phlox to sunnier locations, split and moved some hydrangea. Let's what comes up and how next spring.
For the first time in a long time I thought of the bulbs that have been coming up in March and April. Every year I add something. I forget what it all looked like. The hope of spring.
Did I hear somebody say "gardening" this weekend?
Starts with a "Net" and ends with a "tie."
The weather has been perfect for starting an early garden. I picked up two flats of pansies, dark purple large and smaller variety in white and light purple. I thought they were a little expensive at $17.99 each but I'm not seeing them this early (I've been spying for weeks) and I figured "what the heck." I'm also excitedly anticipating the bloom of about seven years of planting bulbs and other early spring perennials.
As soon as I finish this post, pay my bills, putz around a bit the sun will be up strong and beautiful and out to blissful nature I go!
[size=large]Oh, did I forget to mention clean up? 
My garden started itself. All of the Hostas and bulbs came up this week, except for the mammoth hosta in the front garden. That's a good thing. It's the one I have to divide this weekend.
Hubby took advantage of the pleasant weather yesterday and started some general yard/flower bed cleanup; turned some earth, put down some mulch, seeded some bare patches in the yard, and tidied up the patio (the "West Veranda").
We've got several perennials popping out leaves, 'cept I don't think my beloved night blooming Primrose survived an enthusiastic burrowing session by wee Hamish last Fall. Durn diggin' Westies!
Ren Man started seeds a few weeks ago. Hopefully the 3 snows we've had since then hasn't slowed them down too much. Of course, they are in the sunroom/patio....
Nearly 80 here in Vermont today. Mrs. C, Kayleigh and myself pulled the sap buckets today, worked the bees a bit and started my tomatoes and cauliflower inside today. This year will be a first for us growing cauliflower but K loves it so we will do two heirloom varieties, a purple and a large white, both from Italy. Also growing about six different types of tomatoes. I will buy the brandywine and San Marzano starts later in the spring along with some Black Krim and German Stripe. I started a White tomato (White Queen) today, along with a couple large plums and a Jersey Giant Plum. The tilling will have to wait until next weekend when I hope to get the peas in the ground!
Though I did not take these pics or videos this year, this is our hilltop website and I had planned to create several tutorials for bees in here too. Only one or two posted so far, but the pics should illustrate a few things that were mentioned (I think) in another forum.
Hilltop Honey Maple web site:
http://hilltophoneymaple.com/?cat=4
We had temps in the low 80's here in the Imperial Midwest over the weekend. I even saw some Bloodroot in bloom, which
really got me thinking about the weird weather.
On a happier note I finished up my seed bomb project!
http://www.oakpark.com/Community/Blogs/0...bs,_Part_3
