What a strange spring and summer we're having this year. Spring came about a month early - 2010 was the first year without ANY measurable snow in March in the history of measuring snow. And spring actually had arrived by March 21 this year, two months ahead of when it usually springs up here in Rochester. By late May we were experiencing days in the 70s and 80s, and now we are only 7 days into the official summer season and I'm already harvesting herbs! This weekend's crop was lavender. I spent the day clipping, washing and drying, and my house smells wonderful. Next weekend the dried lavender will be sewn into sachets - gifts from the garden. This seasonal cycle has been quite lovely, but I hope it doesn't mean a short summer or an early winter. Warm weather is so much more fun than shoveling snow!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Everything is coming in early!
What a strange spring and summer we're having this year. Spring came about a month early - 2010 was the first year without ANY measurable snow in March in the history of measuring snow. And spring actually had arrived by March 21 this year, two months ahead of when it usually springs up here in Rochester. By late May we were experiencing days in the 70s and 80s, and now we are only 7 days into the official summer season and I'm already harvesting herbs! This weekend's crop was lavender. I spent the day clipping, washing and drying, and my house smells wonderful. Next weekend the dried lavender will be sewn into sachets - gifts from the garden. This seasonal cycle has been quite lovely, but I hope it doesn't mean a short summer or an early winter. Warm weather is so much more fun than shoveling snow!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Earthquake
A magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada at 1:40 p.m. EDT today, shaking homes and businesses from Toronto to Rochester, NY and was also felt in parts of Michigan and Vermont.At the time of the earthquake I was 100 miles south of Rochester, in Ithaca, NY, where all was still and peaceful. Visitors to Taughannock Falls climbed the gorge and snapped pictures, completely unaware of what the earth was doing a few hours to the north.
Of course, after experiencing a 7.5 in California in 1999, I might not have noticed what happened today!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Happy Summer!
It’s the first day of summer and I’m already making plans for harvesting, drying and canning.
The cilantro has gotten so bushy I’ve already cut it back and processed it for use in salsa later this summer. The lavender bed in the front of the house is spilling out of its boundaries, so it’s been cut back and dried for use in sachets. Gifts from the garden!!
The poblano plants, which went into the ground just a month ago, already have little tiny peppers on them, and the jalapeno and cayenne pepper plants are flowering too. The tomato plants, which went in a few days later have lots and lots of big yellow flowers.
The cilantro has gotten so bushy I’ve already cut it back and processed it for use in salsa later this summer. The lavender bed in the front of the house is spilling out of its boundaries, so it’s been cut back and dried for use in sachets. Gifts from the garden!!
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