Bloodroot

I was afraid that the voles had eaten my bloodroot but no, they came up just fine, only a little further back than I had remembered. Unfortunately I missed their bloom while I was in California. Native plants are very ephemeral. Last year I saved some of the seeds they produced but [...]

Triamble Winter Squash

I finally cut open the large blue three-lobed winter squash called triamble that I grew in the garden last summer. It has lasted six months and its skin is as perfect as ever – no soft spots or wrinkled skin whatsoever! It probably weighed 10 pounds. I forgot to weigh it before [...]

Tomatoes and Peppers

I forget each year how quickly tomatoes sprout and grow and how slow peppers are. I transplanted the tomatoes to larger containers (1 and 2 cup yogurt containers) before I left for California on April 10. I still haven’t transplanted the peppers — they don’t seem to have outgrown their 9-packs yet — [...]