Harvest Time

From a couple of weeks ago, before the frost: Libby with Maximilian daisies in the garden in front of the homer loft With a fat female mantis, ready to lay eggs that will winter over. Our New Mexico Home Gym (crossed- out New Hampshire at the Nerds’ is a reference to Marko’s New England version) …

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A Little Garden Blogging

High summer, decent rains, garden roaring. Libby points at the Dahlias springing up from Patrick Porter’s generous gift. This is the first year we have grown Chinese long beans. Insects are everywhere. We keep our cardoon as an ornamental. This year we noticed that it is COVERED with insects, on virtually every leaf– not ones …

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Sunday Pix

On Sunday this time of the year we do a lot of stuff around the house, garden, with birds etc. Patrick Porter of the Pigeon list (also a bird hunter, botanist, horticulturist, and damned good writer), sent Libby a bunch of huge Dahlia tubers. (Wish I had thought to show scale– some of these are …

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