September’s upon us and the colors in my flowerbeds are starting to fade. I’m going to guess this isn’t the best my gardens have looked this time of year. The weather has been warmer than usual, I haven’t been watering much & I haven’t kept up on the weeding or deadheading as I should be. …
All of a sudden we have 25 new chicks & possibly more soon! Most of the summer we let the chickens in our main coop wander freely. Apparently many of them have taken advantage of the freedom & have been sitting on eggs. Sneaky, sneaky.
Most of August was warm, dry & uneventful. However, one night there was a fantastic lightning show that I really could have enjoyed had I not been so nervous about the trees around our house catching on fire. Here in the PNW we get thunder & lightning. But no real great show. It lasts a …
The garden has gone crazy, so we spent much of August picking & preserving our garden bounty.
To add a little character to our farm, I painted signs using collected pallet wood.
For the most part, the flowerbeds are now past their prime. There are more dead or dying flowers than fresh, colorful blooms – which, is always a bummer. Although, the day lily in this title image is looking great. It is Daylily “Night Beacon.’
Years ago, when I made my first hypertufa & cement projects, I built a bench. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a bench. I’ve always thought it was boring, but didn’t know how to fix it. At some point I decided to try mosaic. I had never mosaiced anything & this bench was a good …
Summer weather has arrived and with it many wonderful things are happening around our farm and garden.
We’ve had ducks for a few years now. We’ve tried a variety of water methods for bathing & playing. Some ideas have worked better than others.