The fields were in full bloom, and it was an incredibly beautiful day. Here were some of my favorites from the fields. I hope to order at least some of these this fall.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
My flower fancy
My mother-in-law was recently in town visiting from Ohio. Since this was now the 4th time she has been to Oregon, there wasn't a lot more she wanted to see or do, but just relax and visit. One thing we did was to visit Swan Island Dahlias in Canby. I am a huge fan of dahlias. Besides the fact they were the prominent flowers at my wedding, I really appreciate the variety they offer, in height, color, bloom shape...and they are so hardy, even a lazy gardener can't kill them.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Everything but the cabbage
I have been slightly neglectful in my posts, as I've had a busy summer working and happily entertaining out of town guests. But now we're getting into the home stretch of summer (well, okay. Maybe we're only rounding 3rd*) and there's lots happening in the yard. I hope to post at least twice more over the next week, but please don't hold me to it.
This post is dedicated to my less-than-bountiful harvest of the day. Being the lazy gardener that I am, I had planted some vegetable seeds a couple of months ago (maybe?) and then promptly neglected them. But today, I had enough. I went out and dug everything up in one bed and either composted them if they were beyond edibility (all of the woody, pithy radishes) or resolved to eat them in the next few days.
After picking our first ripe slicers off the vines and grabbing a cucumber from the next bed over, the result was a delicious green salad. Except for the little bit of red cabbage, everything in the salad came from our garden. And it was delicious.
*You might be asking yourself, "The Lazy Gardener? Making a baseball reference? WTF?" and you would be in your rights. In case I have never mentioned it to you, I despise baseball. If baseball were any slower or more tedious to watch, it would be farming. As in sitting in a field waiting for the corn to sprout.
This post is dedicated to my less-than-bountiful harvest of the day. Being the lazy gardener that I am, I had planted some vegetable seeds a couple of months ago (maybe?) and then promptly neglected them. But today, I had enough. I went out and dug everything up in one bed and either composted them if they were beyond edibility (all of the woody, pithy radishes) or resolved to eat them in the next few days.
After picking our first ripe slicers off the vines and grabbing a cucumber from the next bed over, the result was a delicious green salad. Except for the little bit of red cabbage, everything in the salad came from our garden. And it was delicious.
*You might be asking yourself, "The Lazy Gardener? Making a baseball reference? WTF?" and you would be in your rights. In case I have never mentioned it to you, I despise baseball. If baseball were any slower or more tedious to watch, it would be farming. As in sitting in a field waiting for the corn to sprout.
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