Sunrise On Sunday I was up at 5:30AM and got the photos edited and the post up. I was out in the Small garden by 7:30AM when my #2 intern was to arrive. She didn’t actually arrive until 8:15AM. I had cleaned

On Saturday, I was up about 6AM and got my photos edited and the post up. I’d taken so many photos; I didn’t finish until nearly 9AM. I got the kitchen cleaned up, and with one thing and another, I didn’t

Big garden – nasturtiums bent on world domination On Friday morning I wasn’t up until 6:30AM, much to a cat’s disgust. I got him fed and my photos edited and the post up. I got the milk order in and had

On Thursday morning I wasn’t moving too fast after the late evening work on Wednesday. I got the kitchen cleaned up and that was as far as I got. I sat and read a book until my helper friend arrived at

On Sunday I only had 3 jobs to do: vacuum the first floor, feed all the house plants, and mow up the leaves in the yard. I’d tracked in a lot of dirt on Saturday in the process of putting down mulch. It’s

On Friday morning I got started on the office. I skipped over the hall, clean room, and bathroom because the office has 11 windows in it and we may be washing them on the 16th if the weather isn’t good.

On Thursday I spent most of the day putting stuff away, putting up the last pictures, and cleaning and setting up the tables for the jigsaw puzzles. I have 2 new ones on order, one for autumn and one for

It was 27F when my helper friend arrived. I offered inside work, but he was bound and determined to finish gardens. So out he went and finished the rest of the West garden and this New North garden. Next

Our current leaf stash The incoming storm and too many days of too much work took its toll on my husband. He went out in the early morning and brought back 2 truckloads of leaves before it rained, which

Tuesday morning my helper friend went out and got the soil samples for the Small garden and the New Herb garden. I’d been doing the Big garden long enough that I think I can go to once every 3 years for

Thursday was a very rainy day; it often came down in torrents and we had huge puddles in any depression, in the house or driveway and yard. No work on the house; he took the day off and went to visit a

Saturday I got an early start on windows. I cleared all the plants and furniture from in front of the 3 huge south windows and took out the grilles and washed them. I also worked on the hanging plants

Friday morning I got out there just after 6AM after getting the house chores done and gave the butchershop a good once over and set it up. Then I went back to the house and my helper friend and I cleaned

I was pretty much of a useless article Tuesday, so I was determined to amount to something Wednesday. I did get a small amount of sleep last night, so was feeling a bit better. I’d emptied the cedar closet