On 9/10/09 6:30 PM, in article , "David
Hare-Scott" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Putting their gardens to bed or waking them up, depending on location.

I'm still working on what will be a multiyear project of redoing my
major bed.


Cheryl
Southern NH

Spring has come early so I am cutting asparagus and eagerly waiting for the
artichokes. I have trays of small seedlings which need to grow somewhat
before I plant them. There is an energetic young man staying with us so he
is weeding and manuring the beds in preparation while I check to see if he
is doing it right :-) He doesn't have much experience and his English is
somewhat fractured but he doesn't seem to mind spending his day shovelling
horseshot so he is earning his keep.

Speaking of asparagus I have masses of self-sown seedlings near the current
beds and under the shrubs where the little birds poop, so I have started a
new bed with them. You can never have too much asparagus.

Yum and double Yum - love asparagus.

Some rain would be good to really kick along the pasture, the horses are all
praying with me as they are tired of the remnants of last year's stubble and
looking for some sweet spring growth. But the days are pleasantly warm and
the night pleasantly cool. If life was perfect it would become boring and
so revert to imperfect.

David

It's dry here too - good in some ways, bad in others. My lawn could use a
soaking, but the last tomatoes will split if it does. Never got a cuke or a
pumpkin. Maybe next year.

Cheryl