tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post1765823213274585335..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Farm and Garden Report - June 6Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49391909741143810102011-06-09T10:02:57.324-04:002011-06-09T10:02:57.324-04:00Les, that's partly why I don't have annual...Les, that's partly why I don't have annuals. My perennials are almost care-free. A little bit of weeding in the spring and then cutting them back in the fall. My 'job' is to sit and enjoy the flowers. As for the vegetable garden, those raised beds have made much, much less work. Easy to go out and prepare one for planting, or weed one at a time. I'm all about ease in the gardens. They are my joy not my chore.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-18884423961082044662011-06-09T06:58:16.220-04:002011-06-09T06:58:16.220-04:00Simply lovely! Your raised beds are always such an...Simply lovely! Your raised beds are always such an inspiration to this wannabe gardener. Maybe when I retire and have more time to putter in the yard... It's almost mid-June and I haven't managed to get any annuals in all the pots I have on our deck or in our yard. Just too busy this spring. Now I'm wondering if I should skip them until next year!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-4655788572318649002011-06-08T12:20:47.053-04:002011-06-08T12:20:47.053-04:00Lisa, you should! Nothing is easier. Your husband ...Lisa, you should! Nothing is easier. Your husband will love that job. We have moose in the woods, and occasionally we'll see them in the pasture, just stepping over the electric fence. They are SO tall. I have read one BN, and enjoyed it immensely. I own a couple of his books, and should read them soon, as well as the other Henry Mitchell I have. Such a dear fellow he was.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-81393578266984510392011-06-08T05:58:37.788-04:002011-06-08T05:58:37.788-04:00Lovin' those lupines. They always remind me of...Lovin' those lupines. They always remind me of moose. I can remember the first time I ever saw a moose. It was staning in a patch of lupine by a roadside. The next thing we will hear is that you have moose in the garden as well as bear. ha.. If you like Henry Mitchell have you read Bevery Nichols trilogy of creating the garden at Merry Hall, Laugher on the Staris and Sunlight on the Lawn? A good read. Seeing all of these raised beds almost makes me want to got set up some myself.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88598878228220647492011-06-07T12:07:42.044-04:002011-06-07T12:07:42.044-04:00Lucky you, Pat! Lettuce is our downfall. Isn't...Lucky you, Pat! Lettuce is our downfall. Isn't that silly? But it's true. We never plant soon enough, often enough, or enough period. And I love it. I eat it plain - no dressing, no other vegetables. My family calls me a rabbit.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-14215575776532887952011-06-07T12:05:08.216-04:002011-06-07T12:05:08.216-04:00Kay, we are lucky to have good soil (earth!) here....Kay, we are lucky to have good soil (earth!) here. It is a bit rocky but not clay at all. It is a lupine. This is their season around here. They are all over the place.<br /><br />Jill, what a nice, nice thing to say! Yeah, to the bears. Saw two in the yard last evening! I don't have a planting diary. I sometimes make notes here or in a gardening email to grow a certain variety again but that's it. I don't have all that many plants, really. I have a lot of the same plants. There are a lot of plants I've had to give up because it is just too cold for them up here.<br /><br />Staci, it honestly doesn't take all that much time and effort. :<)<br /><br />Sallie, good thought. I'll remember that! They are little black flies. Lucky you to not have met them. :<) More here, if you are just dying to know:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_fly<br /><br />Thanks, Penny. I have the Korean lilacs in honor of our kids who were born in S. Korea! I'm not so wild for the smell - I don't like it nearly as well as the common lilacs. It is a little bit like hyacinths, perhaps?<br /><br />Librarian, I love hearing about your parents' gardens. <br /><br />Sprite, I'm thinking just maybe the blossoms will cover the whole thing!<br /><br />Barbara, honestly I don't do that much. I plant them. Put down cocoa mulch. Weed a tiny bit in the spring. I'm not a fussy gardener at all. I just let things grow. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-24969099956463887752011-06-07T11:08:02.436-04:002011-06-07T11:08:02.436-04:00Wow! What a lot going on on the Hill. I still have...Wow! What a lot going on on the Hill. I still haven't finished planting our vegetable garden either. But I'm already eating our lettuce every night.commonweederhttp://www.commonweeder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42136224500847697252011-06-07T10:12:42.441-04:002011-06-07T10:12:42.441-04:00I'm in awe of your ability to grow things. Un...I'm in awe of your ability to grow things. Unfortunately, I completely lack this talent. Sure do enjoy your pictures and so much information though. I do have purple lupines and another purple wildflower in my garden at the moment now. Every year I've added wildflower seeds. Now since we've decided to do away with the garden since I don't have the stamina to weed, they seem to be blooming like crazy. Go figure!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-72528271740906813942011-06-07T04:03:20.744-04:002011-06-07T04:03:20.744-04:00Great use for laundry racks! I bet the peas will l...Great use for laundry racks! I bet the peas will love them.spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-1603151869072230932011-06-07T02:28:54.666-04:002011-06-07T02:28:54.666-04:00Your report makes me want to go out and start a ga...Your report makes me want to go out and start a garden myself! Don't you just love all the beautiful names for the varieties of vegetables? I am going to have lunch at my mum's today, and I bet there will be (among other things) a salad with produce straight from their garden.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53766568534468676642011-06-06T21:09:16.168-04:002011-06-06T21:09:16.168-04:00First off, I have been admiring your banner of lup...First off, I have been admiring your banner of lupines. Beautiful.<br /><br />What a wonderful farm report, full of plants and plans and all your hard work. My Korean lilac (what the deer didn't eat) just finished blooming, so, it is nice to hear of yours just getting ready from afar. I love this lilac. We had one in our other house near the front window and door. You had to pass it to get into the house, which was a treat for the senses each time one went in and out of the door. <br /><br />Yikes. Those black flies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-18146532460908300332011-06-06T20:14:28.601-04:002011-06-06T20:14:28.601-04:00Of course you have the old TV antenna for the blue...Of course you have the old TV antenna for the bluebirds to perch on -- seems like reason enough to me!!<br /><br />Thank you for the Spring update -- the fragrance of one beautiful flower fading and another taking its place... a reminder of the parts of gardening that I miss. And we have missed the lilacs for sure. We're on our way back to Oregon -- but it will be too late for many early spring blooms of course. <br /><br />I am reading a Louise Penny book where they are on a lake near Quebec in summer and the one guy is tormented by blackflys. I'm not even so sure what they are -- don't think I want to find that out!Sallie (FullTime-Life)http://travelingrainvilles.typepad.com/traveling_home/2011/06/post-card-from-hot-springs.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-10952856263709839172011-06-06T19:58:27.991-04:002011-06-06T19:58:27.991-04:00Wow...you two have been seriously busy!! There'...Wow...you two have been seriously busy!! There's so much to look at and read about!! I've been inspired!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39938358668357085202011-06-06T19:12:03.774-04:002011-06-06T19:12:03.774-04:00I am enchanted with your Hill Farm! The surroundi...I am enchanted with your Hill Farm! The surrounding forest is so beautiful; no doubt full of black bears.<br />Do you have a planting diary with the names of all your many flowers and vegetables? You must, otherwise how would you ever remember all of them.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-12338416166562362062011-06-06T17:49:11.942-04:002011-06-06T17:49:11.942-04:00Oh, thank you for showing your garden. That lovel...Oh, thank you for showing your garden. That lovely dark soil, it could be in England. (Although in England, they call it earth, not dirt or soil...really, it IS earth, isn't it?) Love all the photos of the flowers...is that a lupine that you have on the header?<br />It's gorgeous!<br />KayKay Guestnoreply@blogger.com