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r break it was time to cut back the fat hedge of french lavender that was taking over the back walk it looked spent not surprising since this beast has been blooming since we moved in last fall i am terrible about not cutting things back when i should because there are still some blooms so i bolstered my courage with youtube videos on the subject and had at it with hedging shears and it hardly hurt at all nice to be able to use the walk again too i did leave a few fresh stems for the bees at the back one actually landed on the desk bouquet pictured above while i was collecting to reach that one last floret since every stem cut will send out a last two more we ll be enjoying our lavender again soon this task was worth it just for the aromatherapy and now that i m so relaxed i need to lie down in a hammock i got this as a father s day gift for john thinking he would really like it this little redwood grove is literally the only natural shade we have near the house we discovered its charms when the weather warmed and we started looking for cool spots rather than warm ones after a bit of cleanup it was obvious that a hammock belonged here i ll write more about this lovely area in another post but for now can i just say sorry john happy late mother s day to me i love this thing it is so simple and has become my new happy place and there is actually room for two it s a great vantage point for quietly observing our little chunk of native california woodland and thinking about what to do next now because the little projects have set the stage the bigger ones can finish this silly thing pleases me no end i have always wanted a greenhouse with our breezy coastal location it will be nice to have a warm protected spot for plants and tools we didn t want anything fancy so this really fit the bill inexpensive easy to assemble a nice size 6 x 12 well ventilated and most importantly something i can build around now i know where the rest of the railroad ties should go which tells me the position of the chicken coop chicken run everything i think it fits right in and yes we ll be securing it in numerous ways so that it doesn t blow away next winter i like that it continues the unexpected transparency theme that started with the deer fencing i had been worried that i d lose my view of the orange chair and the corona machine but there they are next day observations from inside the greenhouse it is a moody gray day today and i am pondering our world so much change happening i hope that most of it is ultimately for the good but for now all i can do to feel useful is work at my job to help others in the garden to create a sanctuary for myself and my family it s what i ve always done but it feels much more important now today i m also worried about the garden beans cucumbers and squash not thriving is it the new soil the well water temperature fluctuations wind who can t grow green beans sigh oh well this is meant to be the year we figure out what works onward i ll leave you with an early sunset to round things out i ll share more about the vegetable garden in another post thanks for visiting posted by laura livengood at 12 21 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels beekeeping farmstead greenhouse sunday may 31 2020 may 2020 taking refuge i woke up this morning thinking about refuge witnessing the suffering in our country from the relative safety of our mountaintop is quite the privilege every instinct we have has been telling us to become as food and energy independent as possible and to create a place that offers comfort and diversion in uncertain times this is now our whole life in one picture the modest rented home from which we work and the bit of land we are trying to fill with as much life as possible it s a story of our times that feels right to tell so thank you for reading and here s what we ve been up to in may may is one of my favorite months the perfection of spring the welcoming of the sun while everything is still green and before the hot dry summer begins it certainly is my favorite garden building time it feels good to be back in the saddle working in such a peaceful setting on a garden that will feed our family we don t have a lot of flowers around the place now but what we do have we have a lot of this huge clump of salvia leucantha is tucked in a deep corner between the driveway and the front walk it just needs to be cleaned up a bit in late winter and it blooms year round same with the massive banks of lavender and lantana in the back they must all have been here for years i tucked praying mantis egg cases in several likely places earlier this spring hopefully my favorite insect will be making an appearance later in the season so here is where may began still in that frustrating it looks great in my head place where everything is just a mess first priority was to get the poor strawberry starts planted they ve been waiting more than a week for us to get the bed gopher proofed half the bed is quinalt ever bearing and half is evie 2 day neutral next tasks set up the second raised bed and fill the grow bags for the warm season vegetables we ll have no shortage of sun that s for sure speaking of sun here s a sunset it s interesting to watch its daily progress north there s a different view every evening a week later and things are looking much better i scored these beautiful chunky bamboo poles from a kind neighbor and have been pondering what to do with them in the garden the shortest one was used to span the gate which was an immediate improvement a second one will be suspended from the two tomato cages in the back and will hold the cucumber netting and the last four really wanted to be a bean teepee so i said fine i like adding height in the middle of a garden it keeps things interesting and makes good use of your space the metal raised bed gives the poles nice corners to lock into and the whole arrangement is pretty darn sturdy i was going to have all my shelling beans grow up some sort of trellis along the south facing side of the garden but changed my mind for a couple of reasons first only one of the beans was actually a climber oops second i now have a bean teepee so i ll grow the one climber hidatsa red indian on it along with some heirloom cannelini beans the bush beans are neatly lined up behind as they should be flower break this is the first bloom on my new thunbergia rose sensation from annie s annuals it is one of the most cheerful plants ever i m tucking vigorous vines in two opposite corners of the garden hoping to enclose it a bit and provide shelter from wind i have also popped a couple of moonflower seeds into the pot i would love to get them growing on the fence as well you can see little rose peeping out in the lower left corner of the next photo i asked my generous neighbor if he had any more bamboo laying around looking for something to do and he did i had been toying with the idea of reinforcing the top of the fence with bamboo and the new pieces were perfect for that have i mentioned that zip ties are the best invention ever it s details like this that make the garden feel settled complete and personal no matter what you are working with my design build mantra is finish your edges hide your wires mind your transitions and be generous with your materials remember when i said i d figure something out for the gates in the deer fencing here s one solution another kind neighbor gave me some smaller bamboo poles with top knots still attached i slit the deer fence right up the middle of the gate opening and then wove a pole in and out along each edge and secured with zip ties at the top i trimmed the leaves to just above the edge of the fencing makes it look rather jaunty at the bottom i pounded a chunky piece of pvc into the ground the bamboo ends drop in bringing the fencing snug to the ground and then i just secure the two poles together with a strong clamp to close up the garden at night i like how the two sides gracefully fall open when i unclip them in the morning i can also fold them back completely out of the way someday i ll have a nice gate here but for now this works fine we really don t have deer nosing around this area of the property it s off their normal browsing path and there is so much else for them to eat that we haven t seem them expend extra effort for food we close it up at night anyway we ve recently spotted chipmunks rabbits and a sunflower seed loving skunk all of whom could cause mischief in a garden time will tell what visitors we ll have and how resourceful they will be we really have no idea i ve been flirting with this chair for ages and decided i now have somewhere to put it my daughter and i were talking recently about our mutual love of chairs i think it s because i need to sit to really think and focus when i m planning a garden i can sit motionless for an hour just looking and thinking and planning and imagining and once the garden is done i like to sit and look at it every garden must have a chair or two otherwise it s just a place to stand around in and who has time to stand around anyway because the chicken coop has arrived bang on time as promised from urban northern coops in washington it was beautifully made reasonably priced and easy to put together this is just part of our chicken housing arrangement though with wild animals about we want to make sure the girls are safe so we re designing a solid setting for it flower break hector is due to mow the meadow today it has to be done for fire safety and to prevent us from misplacing milo viewed up close it s a very sweet collection of sturdy small field flowers the yellow dandelion is about the size of a dime for reference it s been interesting to watch the succession of blooms but who has time for blooms when there is planting to be done i will spare you the complete inventory you ll no doubt meet the rest of the cast at some point i will share a couple of highlights though these exquisite pale green zucchini come from lebanon and are very sweet and tender shelling beans are so cool looking this mix includes several varieties including these called jacob s cattle i m doing individual pots of each variety don t you sort all your seed mixes these are beans that you leave on the plant all season until the pods turn leathery then you shell all of the beans at once dry them a bit and then store them for the winter another benefit to grow bags they are a nice height for working at from a chair remember what i said about sitting when i was a younger woman i thought nothing of plopping right on the ground and i scratched my head at the garden kneelers i d see in the gardening catalogs now i understand my trusty camp chair has been great for this i can prep soil plant thin harvest and inspect for pests and it will hold my beverage carrots beets and spinach are coming right along we ve been harvesting spinach leaves and beet greens for salads already i don t harvest the whole spinach plant by just removing the outer leaves you can keep it going a lot longer this variety is called bloomsdale and is so tender and tasty by memorial day weekend the sun has come out and night temperatures have topped 50 degrees so you know what that means we can plant all the tomato pepper and cannabis seedlings and get our windowsills back john s in his happy place in the back 420 more fun with bamboo now that the tomatoes are planted i can finish building the cucumber trellis kind of hard to see isn t it this is black vegetable netting suspended from the large bamboo pole and anchored at the bottom with another piece of the slender bamboo all firmly zip tied to the tomato cages this makes everything more stable we have one grow bag of pickling cucumbers smaller and bumpy and one of slicing cucumbers smoother skin as may draws to a close my heart aches for the world the solace of familiar garden rhythms has been comforting everything is in the ground and something new is sprouting every day i even found the perfect spot for my small strand of prayer flags you d be surprised how much their gentle fluttering adds to the peaceful feel of the place with bees settling in and the garden planted our next project is to get our greenhouse and chicken area figured out so now we re up to date except for one more sunset this is our view on a hot evening with the high pressure holding all the fog down and a knife sharp horizon line posted by laura livengood at 10 13 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels annie s annuals bamboo trellis beekeeping container gardening deer proof garden farmstead garden gates gardening from seed gopher proof garden grow bag gardening la honda older posts home subscribe to posts atom looking for something being ranch handy laura livengood schaub laura has had a lifelong love affair with plants and gardens both wild and domesticated and 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