Excuse me for a bit. I have some reading to do. 😀
That Feeling When All Your Library Holds Come In At The Same Time…
Saying Goodbye to Illinois and Hello to Colorado
2017 brought many changes for the cookgardensew family, including a new locale! Click to read more and check out the new garden and our "urban homestead" in Colorado.
Asparagus is peeking up!
This morning I noticed my favorite sign of spring - the first asparagus tips peeking through. The tall one is about the size of my thumb. Hooray!
Oh “deer” – there’s a fawn in the yard!
We happened to catch a glimpse of this fawn today. No mama in sight. It nibbled on some drop apples and then ran off.
This morning, under the hum of thousands of cicadas, I walked the yard and garden like I normally do. I took some pictures of the crazy amount of cicadas we are seeing, including some new ones. We are now seeing some that are all white, though still far fewer than the darker ones. I also... Continue Reading →
The mulberries on the trees that line our yard are beginning to ripen. Time to pick, clean and dehydrate some to follow through on my goals for the year! I may even make some jam!
Just this week we started finding hundreds (ok thousands) of cicadas outside each morning and everyday the hum in the air is growing. A bit of searching turned up that 2014 in our part of IL is the year for emergence of brood III of the Magicacada, a 17 year periodical cicada. For more info... Continue Reading →
This will be our first full summer in our new house. We have a lot on our plate this year with gardening and landscape work, so I am trying to be realistic on my goals while focusing on using what we have (wild fruit, fruit trees, etc) and making the most of what we grow.... Continue Reading →