Cultivate Simple 37: What’s Next in the Garden
Today on Cultivate Simple we’re talking about fall/winter gardening. Now is the time to plant cold weather crops. It is worth a try.
Brian’s Geeky Corner
f.lux makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.
Johnny’s Seed Fall/Winter Planting Calculator
Territorial Fall/Winter Planting Chart
Books of the Week
What’s your favorite cold weather vegetable?
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Quote of the Day: The Garden Above
Gardens are rooted in the earth, but the sky beckons. To send plants climbing is to lift up the garden, to elevate it above the sprawl and damp. There the sun can coax forth the berry and beckon the rose to flower. In this process, we benefit: from an arbor’s shade, from a pergola’s shelter, from an increase in the garden’s bounty.
Linda Joan Smith (Smith & Hawken Garden Structures)
I am definitely thinking about the garden above here at Chiot’s Run. We could use a few arbors and pergolas to provide shade in the heat of the day. We’re thinking of placing a few on the house to provide some much needed cooling shade in the hot summer months.
I’ve been collecting images of trellises and arbors over on Pinterest, trying to figure out just what I want to do. I certainly know what kinds of vines I’ll be using, climbing hydrangea, sweet autumn clematis, and hops of course.
What’s your favorite garden climber?
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We Have Ducklings
You probably remember me mentioning that our lady duck went broody about a month ago and starting sitting on a nest of eggs. I’ve been trying to check on the nest when she takes her foray out for some grass each day. Yesterday we peeked in the nest and spotted this:
DUCKLINGS! There were 5 that had hatched and a few other eggs that were pipped (update: this morning when I checked there were 8 ducklings). In total there were 12 eggs in the nest, it will be interesting to see how many ducklings we end up with.
I can hardly wait to watch these little guys grow up, they’re so stinking cute! Ducks are definitely my favorite fowl.
What would you consider your favorite bird?
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Friday Favorite: Palmiers
Growing up in Colombia, we had wonderful bakeries on every corner. These were European style bakeries, filled with delicious breads and lots of wonderful treats. My favorite treat was always a palmier, or corazón as we called them down there.
Good palmiers are hard to come by here in the US. Most bakeries here are filled with bear claws and muffins instead of pastries. When Mr Chiots and I traveled to Seattle on our honeymoon we found a lovely French bakery and enjoyed them every day. Each time we’ve traveled back to Seattle we have enjoyed them. I made a small batch of them last week and we really enjoyed them.
What’s your favorite sweet treat?
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The Chicken BBQ
There’s something about firemen and chicken BBQ. In Ohio, the firehouses all had chicken BBQs to raise funds and here in Maine it is no different. If you don’t listen to the podcast, you might not realize that Mr Chiots joined the volunteer fire department. As a result, he’s now heading out to the firehouse bright and early to spend the day watching the chickens on the grill.
The only problem with this is that we now have a radio on all the time and hear all the local fire and EMS calls.
I’m most likely going to be joining my neighbors for a boat parade on the lake in the morning and then we’ll be off to see how good Mr Chiots is with a grill and hundreds of chickens.
How will you be celebrating this holiday if you live in the US? Does your local fire dept host a chicken BBQ?
