Category Archives: Garden: A Love Story

The journal of my gardening exploits.

Farewell My Butternut!

Posted on September 30, 2011 by literarylee

More garden cleaning, this time in Smith.  I’m performing this task a little at a time to allow for proper good-byes for remembering our time together.  Too many partings all at once from these familiar friends is a burden.  I need … Continue reading →

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Still Going Strong

Posted on September 27, 2011 by literarylee

September 27, 2011 Picked a dozen or so okra, a creamy yellow sweet pepper, a mess of green beans and two cucumbers today near the end of September.  The Lorelei continues to produce, continues to pump out the produce and … Continue reading →

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Farewell Dragon’s Tongue!

Posted on September 22, 2011 by literarylee

I started cleaning up the garden for winter, pulling spent Dragon’s Tongue bush beans, weeds, and clearing dead leaves and other debris.  End-of-season plants are not so pretty plus they can harbor disease and pests.  Besides, I like the look … Continue reading →

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Before the Fall

Posted on September 15, 2011 by literarylee

I usually look around and find too much time has gone by too quickly, startled it’s as late as it is, but not right now.  These days seem to drag slowly by, one…by…one.  Summer is over but not yet, really.  … Continue reading →

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Our Own Work / Our Own Sustenance

Posted on September 4, 2011 by literarylee

We’ve been putting some of our harvest by over the last few weeks, preserving it for use this winter and to give as Christmas gifts.  My wife used a slew of the many, many tomatoes that ripened all at once and made fifteen pints of tomato chutney, … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Beans/ Late Summer Man

Posted on September 2, 2011 by literarylee

What the heck! Nineteen days ’till the autumnal equinox, one of two dates on the calendar with equal doses of night and day.  From the first one on March 21, the days continued getting longer, warmer, the air full of … Continue reading →

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Righting the Okra

Posted on August 29, 2011 by literarylee

I don’t want to belittle any suffering, any serious property damage, any major problem or cost or sorrow anybody suffered because of Hurricane Irene.  I really don’t.  I mention that because I want to tell you about the “damage” the … Continue reading →

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August Garden Report

Posted on August 19, 2011 by literarylee

Welcome garden fans to the August Garden Report.  I’m your host, Argyle Schield, and I’ll be showing you three of our finest local gardens.  Thanks for tuning in.  Let’s get right down to it and check on the first garden, … Continue reading →

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Smith Recognized

Posted on August 17, 2011 by literarylee

Imagine my pleasant surprise to learn Smith was to be given an award.  As I’ve mentioned, gardeners, though seemingly nice and mild-mannered on the outside, are really cutthroat, fierce competitors on the inside.  We want the biggest and most tomatoes, … Continue reading →

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Buckets o’ Bounty Revisited

Posted on August 12, 2011 by literarylee

I picked my third bucket of tomatoes the other night.  I really can’t tell you just how pleased I am about it.  My first two years gardening at Smith, the tomatoes were only o.k., one year even anemic, six plants … Continue reading →

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