Summer Solstice in the Greenhouse
Grace made a special dinner in celebration of the Summer Solstice. The plan was to serve dinner in the garden but chilly and windy weather forced her to move to the greenhouse which turned out to be such a lovely, and beautiful, decision! Inside the greenhouse was...
A Potted Herb Garden + Atlock Farm
Last month, Grace potted up an herb garden to live on the patio and we've found that not only is it pretty to look at but also very useful for a quick snip or two of herbs. I have many herbs in the garden, but sometimes the convenience of popping out the back door in...
Peony Season
As peony season comes to a close, I'm finally taking a breath to look back on it. It's been such a busy season, but also the best peony season yet on the farm. We had hundreds of blooms and keeping up with harvesting them was often comical. While we didn't cut from...
Spring Blooms
The difference outside from a month ago is actually extraordinary and if I hadn't just looked at photos I took exactly one month apart I wouldn't even believe it. In that amount of time, the daffodils have come and mostly gone, the flowering trees have bloomed...
Easter Weekend
We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather this past Easter weekend. The cherry trees, magnolias, narcissus and forsythia are all blooming and I can't get enough of them. This spring, I've longed for some color so the yellows, pinks and chartreuse greens of new...
Looking Toward the Season
As we approach the growing season here in zone 6b I thought I'd share what I'm doing to get ready! The past couple of years, I've made a concerted effort to do all of my clean up work in the fall. I've found that I enjoy the garden (and the field but this post focuses...
