missing

Ah the mountains are calling my name… unfortunately it’s not on the cards that I can get upstate, rummage around outside, go mental pruning, start playing in the garden or any of the spring like activities I am craving doing.  For the moment I have to be content with watching the bud progression on the […]

seed love

The countdown to spring has begun and my seed order from from Fedcoseeds arrived, highly exciting.  This is what’s on the table, or rather in the ground, for my little garden this year. Little Marvel Shell Peas (nothing more rewarding than shelling your own peas) Cascadia Snap Pea (summer wouldn’t be complete without) Poona Kheera […]

boskke planters

Guess who’s gonna get all upside down and crazy up at the wee house? ME that’s who! Yip check out this cool hanging planters… I’m already scheming away… available here.

string gardens

Cor Blimey! how much do you love these gorgeous hanging plants/ers… I am truly salivating over this! first seen here… oh boy how do I get this for the “wee house”? anyone?? unfortunately for the moment they are only in Europe.

nerd alert!

The 2011 Feedco Seed Catalogue arrived… I can start planning next years garden, oh my!

hydrangeas

I am obsessed with Hydrangea trees. Yip absolutely obsessed! and they are one of the things… along with sunflowers, that grow crazy up here.  Big, beautiful dripping flower heads of muted pinks, greens and whites, they are stunning. These amazing examples are at Kerns Nursery on Route 23C, which by the way is one of […]

fire pit

This is the fire pit of my dreams… pass me the blowtorch by hook or by crook I will try make one, original source here. Of course right now it would be completely covered in snow but boy it looks good!

fantasizing…

Oh yes the brain is fantasizing, scheming and dreaming that if Mr Weiss and I were sleeping on a bed of money this is how I (I mean we…)  would spend it… ahhh I can feel the bones groaning. ahhh a Ceder Hot Tub! Luxury people Luxury!! or how about this one… ooohhh swanky! But […]

Green Tomato Cake

Nope you haven’t read that wrong.  In my effort to use every single scrap of the home grown tomatoes, I wrestled this gem of a recipe out of my tomato guy’s hands.  Intriguing right? Green tomatoes in a cake, how weird? Hopefully how weirdly wonderful would be the result. Green Tomato Cake (from Gabriel) (this […]

I grew me a melon!

Yes siree Bob I sure did! Um it only took 3 months and had an entire garden bed devoted to it’s growth… probably not the best bang for ya buck.  But I did indeed get one melon out of the deal. ohhh so pretty right? these two didn’t quite get the time they needed to […]