BlogHide Resteemscosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 5 months agoTentative Return to Blogging — Gardening Season!Life is filled with thing we "mean to" get around to. Call them "good intentions." I am trying to find a little time to return to blogging, to share a few photos from our garden and generally…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 7 months agoSpringtime and Garden Season!It has been a while, but gardening season is arriving here in our part of the world. Just checking in to see if there is much of a gardening community and following here on Steemit. The…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • last yearLast Photos of the Beauty of the Fall SeasonIt has been a while since I last posted, but we had a nice day, and when the sun touched the leaves on the trees on our property, the colours were truly wonderful, so I wanted to share some of…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 2 years agoGardening Journal: Finally a Warming Trend! #Club5050I have been anxiously awaiting the start of our gardening season... and waiting, and waiting, and waiting... The problem is that we have been having the coldest start to the year in over 50…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 2 years agoGarden Time: When Will This Cold Weather END?Well, the calendar says that it's Spring now, but the cold and rainy weather persists here in the Pacific Northwest. Certainly, we do have a few signs of spring. A couple of dwarf daffodils I put…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 2 years agoIt's Still Winter, but There Are signs of Spring in the Garden!Although we still "officially" have a month of winter to go, we are starting to see a little signs that spring is not that far away. I wanted to share a few pictures of things I spotted…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 2 years agoThe Garden in Winter — Signs of Life in the Dormant Landscape!Hello fellow Steemit gardeners! A belated Happy New Year to all! There is not much gardening here in the Pacific Northwest during the winter. Although we don't have super cold winters, we do…cosmictriage (55)in hive-180821 • 2 years agoIt is October, but we Are Still Harvesting From the Garden - Today, Tomatoes!Hello fellow Steemit gardeners! It has been quite a long time since I have last posted, but it has been a busy time! We are already in October, but there is still a lot of veggies coming from…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoGardening Season Finally Begins!Seems like we are finally getting a bit of a reprieve from eternal gray skies, cold weather, high winds and torrential rains. Yay! We're running 2-3 weeks later than usual this year, but…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoCrows: Smart Birds, But Very Noisy!We have quite a few crows in the area. The seem to be divided into specific family groups, and there is a lot of noise when one family intrudes on another family's territory. One usually keeps…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoSpringtime is Such a Beautiful Time in Nature!Slowly, it feels less and less like winter around here. Finally, it has warmed up enough that our apricot tree is blooming! It's one of our prettiest fruit trees, even though it doesn't…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoNature is Waking Up — The Arrival of Spring!After a longer and colder winter than usual, there are signs that spring is finally about to happen! I went to the Post Office on Friday afternoon, and the cherry trees outside the building…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoFrom the Garden: Winter is Still HereAs the month of February draws to a close, it is still very much winter, but the cold is not quite as "thick" and the days are starting to get longer. I spotted this single tiny calendula…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoScenes From a Winter Garden — Nature Lies Dormant!This time of the year, I don't visit the garden so often, so there are not very many interesting photos to share. Nature is "sleeping" now; the ground and the earth rests while it waits for longer…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoNature's Wonder: The Colors of FallWe have pretty much put the garden to sleep for the year, but that doesn't mean the eternal natural changes around us have stopped. Fall is slowly turning into winter. Not long ago, they were…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoFinal Harvest: Pumpkins — The Garden Fades Into WinterAs we continue to draw further and further into fall, our garden slowly dies back for another year. The final thing we harvested was pumpkins! Here's our laughing dragon mascot with some…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoGarden Update: Our Beautiful Sunflowers!Among the things that are flowering in our garden, the last of the season tend to be our giant sunflowers! I say "giant" because they truly do grow quite huge; several of them this year…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoMore From the Garden: It's Apple Harvest Season!The days are starting to get shorter, and we can feel the mornings getting a little bit cooler. In the garden, apple season is upon us! We only have two trees, and they were here when we…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoAnother Garden Update: The Tomatoes Are Ripening!In spite of the fact that we have had a somewhat gloomy and cool August, our tomatoes are finally starting to look like there might be a "tomato season," after all. Our first red(ish)…cosmictriage (55)in hive-152200 • 3 years agoIn the Garden: The Beauty of "Black Eyes Susans!"As we move into the later parts of the summer, more and more things appear in our garden! The latest flowers to spring into bloom are what's generally called "Black Eyed Susans." In a way…
