Wednesday, April 30, 2008

First Home Grown Salad

On Sunday we had to do some thinning in our garden and nothing went to waste. Here ia a photo of our first home grown salad. The largest leaves are dandelion, the smallest light green ones are lettuce and the red and white stems are tiny radish plants. There is also arugula in there too. Delicious!
I think Lizzie is going to particularly appreciate this posting.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

White Knuckles!

Doug took these photos (as I was working elsewhere that day)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Not Every Weed Is Equal

Today I helped out here (Dick and his crew installed this pond 2 years ago).

This is the first time the pond got a thorough clean out. It was quite a mess.

While waiting for the pond to re-fill I was doing some weeding away from the pond and pulled out this...what do you think it is? I know. I am asking you to guess...

Friday, April 18, 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Spring Cleaning

We installed our plant propagator in the kitchen today which started me spring cleaning. In the process I found some of my artwork. The first is a view from the party house in Brockport, NY - looking across the yard to the garage and Mike and Mollie's house in the background. The scene makes me miss my garden. Even though I have started planting seeds in our garden up the hill, I cannot wait to get our window boxes going around the apartment. Our zone 4 last frost is any time through May 31st. Darn, I have to wait!

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

George's Island

Dick had an appointment with George on Sunday to talk about transplanting trees. George's island is about 30 acres and he is building a trotter's oval training track in the middle. George will have a round barn with 3 stalls and each stall opens out into a fenced paddock inside the track.

There are currently 3 mares and foals on the island and I fell in love with the colt. The colt (the darker "bay") is called "Gristle" and is orally fixated -- that is how he explores his world. He tried to nip at my blouse and my hands. George has a wonderful soft way with his horses and as a result his horses and foals love humans.

George's family immigrated from Ireland 3 generations ago.