Holidays are past; caretaking of people and pets is past; friends are off to the southern hemisphere (Chile) for some summer bicycle touring; and we have rain, rain, drizzle, rain, showers, rain, with tidbits of sun and fog. But, no complaints; my issues with rain don’t happen until late winter. Today it is mild weather and much preferable to freezing rain.
It’s a great time to get caught up on indoor reorganization, sorting, and simplifying; all the stuff I never get to during a gardening season.
Today has been a day to dash outside between showers to do some cleanup of flattened Crocosmia and lily stalks, and admire the weeds that are growing so well. Suet and seed needed replenishing, as little flocks of bushtits, goldfinches, juncos, warblers, starlings, a nuthatch, and a flicker all made their appearances. A couple of days ago a downy woodpecker showed up for the first time (that I know of)! All great entertainment on a grey day.
Am I contemplating the next garden plantings and dreaming with seed catalogs? Not really. Give me another 3 weeks before I’m antsy. I’m still in rest mode. Not that I haven’t already contemplated some new varieties of veggies to try, but that was last fall. Besides, the garden gang will be meeting at the end of the month for an informal tea, to get our ideas flowing.
However, I am contemplating consuming the last tomato of the garden. Yes, there still were ripening tomatoes in December!
Garden tomatoes for a New Year's salad
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