Category: Annie DeMoranville

Work Wednesday: Summer Harvest

I was complaining this morning, to myself, that the garden seemed slow this year. I’d harvested a few jalapenos, but everything else was taking its sweet time. This morning, when I walked through the garden, I was surprised by a few tomatoes – dark cherries a friend gave me and some Early Girls.

They need to sit on the counter for a few days to fully ripen. I follow a tomato guru and in his videos, he says the flavor will be the same if they finish ripening on the counter or on the vine, but you’ll have fewer problems – bugs, weather – if you bring them in as soon as they are ripening.

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I’m Told It’s Caturday

So I guess my crew is up. The dogs are not offended as we got in a nice walk before the heat hit.

I have a ridiculous amount of cute Reggie photos. Dude is super photogenic.

And infinitely curious. My niece said he follows me around like a puppy, and I guess he does. But he’s still awfully independent and I can go most of the day without seeing him sometimes. But yesterday, he did help with laundry.

After that, there was power napping with his (actually Bixby’s ) stuffed elephant.

I acquired a new cat tree because I felt Reggie needed a safe place to climb and jump. Sully approves.

And finally, Willow napping after a busy morning helping me garden.

A Nap In Three Acts

Reggie is definitely growing, but still not much bigger than Jasper’s big ole head.

Now he needs to have his Scout join the nap. All three zonked out.

May we all be this comfortable in our naps.

 

Killing My Lawn – YR 3

It’s been three years since I killed most of my grass and installed a native garden. As they are perennials, year three is proving to be spectacular. This is just the pre-show.

The entire series from start to today, can be found here.