I Love To Go A Gardening
Growing Our Life in Northern Michigan
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A Lot of Little Things
Yesterday morning I was waiting for the coffee machine to finishing making the coffee, anticipating the first sip of my first cup of coffee for the day…The coffee machine finished, I pulled out the coffee pot to pour the coffee into my cup…and suddenly… Continue Reading “A Lot of Little Things”
Orientation
We used to have two box fans, but over the winter I accidentally put one of them too close to the woodstove and it melted. We use a fan in the winter to help distribute the heat of the woodstove through the rest of… Continue Reading “Orientation”
Laundry Day
Today we did laundry. When we first moved into our house, the washer and dryer were in the unfinished basement. I had to constantly run down to the basement through our unheated very-cold-in-the-winter back porch to do laundry. So when we redid our downstairs… Continue Reading “Laundry Day”
The Farmer’s Market
I haven’t had much to write about in the last few days. Rain was forecast every day for the last couple of weeks–some days it rained and some days we just got stormy clouds. Every day was hot and humid. Every day the mosquitoes… Continue Reading “The Farmer’s Market”
The Sparrows in the Vines
The vines on my house grow really fast. I noticed vines beginning to creep up my kitchen window. I saw them at the bottom of the window, and then a week or two later they were at the top of the window. It’s spooky… Continue Reading “The Sparrows in the Vines”
Plan A, B, C….
Yesterday we ate the Ground Beef Wellington I had made the day before. As he ate it, my husband kept saying “Oh, wow, this is good…This is DELICIOUS…Oh, wow.” I must say that it was really very good. I will be making it again.… Continue Reading “Plan A, B, C….”
Trying New Recipes and Planting New Things
It rained every day last week, and the forecast is saying that it is going to rain every day this week so there isn’t a lot being done in the garden this week. Outside projects will have to wait. I spent a lot of… Continue Reading “Trying New Recipes and Planting New Things”
On Mulberry Street
More of our cherries our getting ripe. Yesterday I put on a hoodie with the hood up and went out to pick them. I persevered as long as I could, but the mosquito hoard soon drove me back inside. I was only able… Continue Reading “On Mulberry Street”
Quick Dashes Outside…
The mosquitoes are still very, very bad. As soon as I step outside, a horde of mosquitoes engulf me. It makes it difficult to enjoy going out for more than a quick dash. I feel like a hostage. We have had storms every day… Continue Reading “Quick Dashes Outside…”
Mosquito Ordeal
I love storms. I love observing radar on weather sites on the Internet, which lets me track storms coming our way. I think I could have easily been a meteorologist (or archaeologist or psychologist) if I didn’t already have the life that I love.… Continue Reading “Mosquito Ordeal”
Bye, Bye, Birdie
This morning, not long after I took today’s Daily Robin photograph, I looked out the window and saw a baby Robin on the edge of the nest. I grabbed my camera and went out on the front porch to watch. I received the thrilling… Continue Reading “Bye, Bye, Birdie”
Garden Thought-bits
I think gardens are excellent places to think tidbits of thought. I thought that today I’d share the tidbits of thought that I thought while I went about my day and my garden. I am cleverly calling them “thought-bits.” Early this morning, EJ looked out… Continue Reading “Garden Thought-bits”
Downstairs and Upstairs
Over the last couple of years, EJ has planted several fruit trees throughout our yard. He has two dwarf Alberta Peach trees in his garden in the back yard, and five dwarf cherry trees of a couple different varieties throughout my part of… Continue Reading “Downstairs and Upstairs”
The Robins: The Morning After
This is the hanging basket that I put the baby robins in after I unintentionally pulled down their nest. I wrote about it yesterday in my posts, Super Villain in the Garden and Baby Bird Rescue! I would prefer that the basket was in… Continue Reading “The Robins: The Morning After”
Baby Bird Rescue!
Earlier I thought I had killed a nest of baby robins. Read about it here: Super Villain in the Garden. But the story isn’t over. This evening I looked out the window where I had seen the “dead” babies, and I saw that one was… Continue Reading “Baby Bird Rescue!”
I Love To Go A Gardening 