Barbara: Apologies for this VERY late post. I meant to do it right after I raked the leaves and mowed the lawn Tuesday morning, but I was an idiot. The weather has been beastly in Southern California for the last few days. On Monday it was 107 and yesterday it was 93. It seemed cooler [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Tuesday’s Tips — Canning Plums #2
Posted in California, Colorado, Cooking, Fruit, Tuesday's Tips, tagged Autumn Fruit Jam, Canning Plums, Canning Recipes, Cooking, Cooking with Honey, Food, Plum Conserve, Plum Jam, Plum Preserves on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Canning Applesauce
Posted in Cooking, Food, Fruit, Garden, Honey, Honey in the Kitchen, tagged Applesauce Recipe, Canning, Cooking, Cooking with Honey, Food, Preserving Fruit, Recipes on September 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
When we were children, we would go to Connecticut to visit my mother’s parents. Granddaddy Foster was a farmer in his bones and his retirement years were spent perfecting the most beautiful little farm in Ridgefield. On his acre or so of land he grew tons of vegetables and flowers. My very favorite area was [...]
Sunday Zen
Posted in California, Colorado, Garden, Garden Photography, Succulent, Sunday Zen, tagged Bulbs, Durango, Irvine, Orienpet Lily 'Orania', Succulent on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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Wordless Wednesday
Posted in California, Colorado, Flower Photography, Ornamentals, Trees, Wordless Wednesday, tagged Blossoms, Dahlia, Dahlia Blossom, Durango, Eucalyptus Buds, Eucalyptus Leaves, Flowers, Irvine, Orange County, Photos, Pink Dahlia on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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Tuesday’s Tips – Digging up Dahlia Tubers
Posted in Block Island, California, Colorado, Flower Photography, Flowers, Garden, Garden Photography, High Mountain Gardening, Ornamentals, Southern California Gardening, Tuesday's Tips, tagged Blossoms, Dahlia Tubers, Dahlias, Digging dahlia tubers, Flowers, Gardening, How to store dahlia tubers, Southwestern Gardening Tips on September 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mary Beth: I’ve been really enjoying my dahlias this fall. Their size and color are amazing and the bloom has been non-stop. But alas, the killing frosts are on their way, which means that soon it will be time to dig up the dahlia tubers and store them away for the winter. I never enjoy [...]
Sunday Zen
Posted in Bee Photography, Block Island, Colorado, Flower Photography, Flowers, Garden, Insects, Sunday Zen, tagged Autumn Clematis, Coneflower, Echinacea, Pollinators on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Colorado Block Island
Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Block Island, Colorado, Flower Photography, Flowers, Garden, Wordless Wednesday, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, Climbing Iceberg, Dahlia, Flowers, Roses on September 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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