Because the thought occurred now and it might be gone tomorrow
As I mentioned last month, I am on a gardening quest to extend the growing season. Phenology 2022 In so doing, I’ve cataloged these extended growing times through observation and failure, have been largely successful overall. I also mentioned Bambi, amusing in that it was these rampaging ravenous ruminates that forced my winter carrot harvest …
I went a little out of order on my posts. I must have been anxious to jump to the new year. Here’s some final highlights for the end of 2022: On to 2023! –Simon
As they like to say in Game of Thrones: “The winter is coming.” Or…some damn thing to that effect. I dunno–I don’t watch that show. But yeah, the winter is indeed coming. I had grown fond of some plants, and those plants are not fond of freezing temperatures. What was I to do? Why, take …
I am not from Ohio. I spent my adolescence in Texas. Consequently, upon moving to Ohio, I discovered cold winters to be a bit of a novelty. I certainly wasn’t a stranger to cold, by my experience with it was primarily derived from Boy Scout camping trips in the mountains of New Mexico. As a …
As a famous whitetail deer once lamented: “Winter sure is long.” And here in zone 6a, I would concur. The last week of April through the last week of October are the only guaranteed growing times for anything not frost-resistant, and even that’s a gamble. The remaining half of the year is reserved for watching …