Well...I've just spent the past two days doing this "Contentment Cottage Blog" over. Again! You won't notice much on the surface. It's all in the coding. If you don't know what that means, right click on the page and 'view the source' code. Not sure how that is gonna translate to your 'smart phone' but… Continue reading another do over
Category: odds n’ ends
a Valentine blessing
Just Joey About a decade ago we planted several bare root roses in our garden. My favorite was a hybrid tea called "Just Joey" He was the star of the show in February 2012 when we moved him to a full-sun-spot near the front door. Joey lived and bloomed there for us a couple of seasons… Continue reading a Valentine blessing
how’s it growing?
Half way through February ...spring in full swing ...our garden remodel is coming along beautifully. February is being...well February! Today is cool, with huge puffy clouds sailing over the garden. Wednesday was cold, rainy, windy and reminiscent of winter. Monday it was 70°...and so it goes. But the garden is growing, it might be said… Continue reading how’s it growing?
awakening the garden
The first week of February in a California garden means signs of spring everywhere. So.o.o this week, between rain and a couple of nights of 31° temps, Dick carried ten bales of garden soil (3 cu. yards each), spaded them into the new beds and started the process of waking the new garden for spring.… Continue reading awakening the garden
is the garden sleeping?
Gardens may indeed be sleeping in other parts of the US, but January gardening is necessary in Cali. The Old Farmers Almanac says the onion sets must go in by the 22nd...! Missed that one. Again. But the beds are ready for soil and the path is half finished. D is holding off on lifting… Continue reading is the garden sleeping?
a new garden path
This week has been a roller-coaster of rain and dry, cool and warm. Today was sunny and just above 60°. I've always said our valley Holiday Season is Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Super Bowl and SPRING! They all run together and they come fast. When the temperatures start to reach into the 60's you know… Continue reading a new garden path
foggy Friday
fog to the right of me After the rainy weather earlier this week, we have what we usually have in Tulare County in January. Fog. Thick, damp, fog. At six o'clock when I opened the office shades viability was down to about 25 feet—couldn't see the other side of the lane! Now, at 11:11 am… Continue reading foggy Friday
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