Kerry’s Garden

I often get up long before I have to start getting ready for work to browse the garden. The morning is cool and the birds are out in full chorus. I do the container watering at this time, harvest what I can and just enjoy the morning. This morning on my rounds [...]

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This is the first time I’ve dared to look since Saturday. We may or may not get a freeze tonight but it should be about the last one for this round and it shouldn’t be anywhere near as cold as it has been. I’ll take another inventory in the coming weeks to see [...]

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The 70+ weather we had been having has brought out pretty much everything over the past couple of weeks. The currants are preparing to bloom, the blueberries already are, the blackberry and raspberries have a good 4-5 inches of new growth but no buds yet. The grapes are on about their third leaf. [...]

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We have some very old silver maple trees on our street. According to the arborist that came to remove several of the trees in my neighbor’s yard, about 100 years old. Now I am the last person to advocate the removal of trees just because and certainly not ones this old but a [...]

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A quick trip to the yard this morning left me in amazement. I swear when I checked things a couple of days ago most of it was still in it’s winter slumber. This morning there was growth everywhere I looked. Most of the willows have leaves as do the roses, kiwi, raspberries, [...]

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The first harvest of Red Lake Currants is officially over. I ended up with about 4 cups of berries from two plants. This was their first year bearing, I just purchased them last spring and they spent last year in 3 gallon pots. I froze them with the plan of making some [...]

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The weather this year has made pretty much everything early except me. I seem to be slower this year at getting everything in the ground. This weekend I tied up the tomaotes, planted the eggplant and some more hot peppers (cayenne and tobasco), a couple of pots of cucumbers as well as some [...]

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