So, 28 degrees this morning and no hope of apples straight from the tree for another 9 months....makes a dog want to howl. Stuck inside early this morning waiting for the sun to warm the air and earth, one of my entertainment directors was researching the history of Barcelona Spain (book review of In the Shadow of the Wind to follow in another post), when she ran across a fantastic photoblog:
Barcelona Photoblog: Pomegranate (Punica Granatum) - Detailed Image
It kinda looks like an apple, but then I remembered having some of them around the house in the winter and being shooed away from such an orb like structure. But then I digress....this man has photography of the city that elicits emotion, fragrance, and old world beauty. I could smell the sights....Oh can we go there? In the car?
10.22.2008
10.21.2008
In Leiu of Flowers.....
Yes, the Dahlias are done for good now. Only a few hardy garden flowers remain unscathed. 
In a few weeks we will start to dig the tubers and prepare them for storage over the winter. Not an easy task as the dahlias require to be kept at a temperature so as not to freeze them, but not break into eyes as well. Time for a long winter's snooze.
Tuber dehydration is another concern....or too much humidity. It is a balancing act and everyone who grows Dahlias has their own ritual of over winter storage which works for them. Plants and flowers are like anything else which is perishable, sometimes you do everything right and it dies, sometimes you do everything wrong and it lives. And then there's the time when you want something to die, kick the bucket, perish, and it just keeps on, and on and on......like an old hag with nothing else to do but wine....(ahem)...whine.
Here I am traversing the frosty veld, hunting wiley bunny and deer. What no pigeons?
In a few weeks we will start to dig the tubers and prepare them for storage over the winter. Not an easy task as the dahlias require to be kept at a temperature so as not to freeze them, but not break into eyes as well. Time for a long winter's snooze.Tuber dehydration is another concern....or too much humidity. It is a balancing act and everyone who grows Dahlias has their own ritual of over winter storage which works for them. Plants and flowers are like anything else which is perishable, sometimes you do everything right and it dies, sometimes you do everything wrong and it lives. And then there's the time when you want something to die, kick the bucket, perish, and it just keeps on, and on and on......like an old hag with nothing else to do but wine....(ahem)...whine.
Here I am traversing the frosty veld, hunting wiley bunny and deer. What no pigeons?
10.20.2008
Frost On the Ol' Punkin, er...I mean Dahlia
This past Saturday we all awoke to a crisp killing hard frost with the thermometer hovering around 30F. Luckily I had a photo-op the day before sporting one of my favorite Dahlias, a hot pink cactus. Fall is really here, and many of the plants are going to take their big dirt nap soon. Life has been busy cleaning up the gardens, chasing sticks, and putting everyone to bed while we wait for the snow to cover them like a big down blanket.
Veggies have been under siege from long legged intruders looking to fatten up for the nearing winter. With any luck one of those intruders will be succulently served from the grill with any remaining veggies that made it past the taste test this past weekend. HMMM, HMMMM, TASTY!
10.14.2008
Type it for me, I'm all paws
Ok, my first foray into the blogosphere. Here I will write about gardening, art, books, and tasty stuff located here where I live in Green Garden Michigan, about 8 miles south of Marquette. The entertainment directors tastes are pretty eclectic, so one day we might be discussing a new book or trying a new recipe....or just playing outside (my personal favorite...did some one say ORB?).
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