Category Archives: weather

Six on Saturday: June 1

Posted on June 1, 2019 by carolee

It’s June! Hopefully it will be better than May, who’s daily rains have turned the potager’s paths into potager ponds complete with algae! It’s a good thing I bought those new boots because they are getting a workout, sloshing … Continue reading →

Posted in Six on Saturday, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged growing vegetables, hail, Indiana gardening, Indiana weather, Potager, Six on Saturday | 20 Comments

What a difference a rain makes!

Posted on May 16, 2018 by carolee

Central Indiana is already 3″ behind “normal” rainfall for May. It allowed the farmers to get the planting done, so that was a blessing but once they were finished everyone began looking to the skies. Rain was occasionally in … Continue reading →

Posted in gardening, Uncategorized, vegetable gardening, weather | Tagged columbines, gardening, kitchen garden, Potager, radishes, rain, vegetable gardening | 13 Comments

Another “last of…”

Posted on April 13, 2018 by carolee

Poor (no, make that BAD, disgusting, cold, wet, frustrating) weather gives one too much time to think! You may recall that the last of the 2017 season carrots were eaten the last day of March. Today, the last of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Spring, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged gardening, Onions, Red Long of Tropea onions, storage, vegetable gardening | 23 Comments

Wrong again!

Posted on April 9, 2018 by carolee

Yesterday I checked the 10-day forecast (as I always do) and beyond a slightly chilly night, the forecast was for dry and sunny and tah-dah!!! three days in a row above 40 degrees! So, I bundled up (these old bones … Continue reading →

Posted in planting, Spring, Uncategorized, vegetable gardening, weather | Tagged gardening, grow your own food, Indiana weather, peas, Potager, shallots, Spring, vegetable gardening | 22 Comments

Refuse to be Thwarted!

Posted on March 30, 2018 by carolee

So after a wasteful spell of sulking, I reviewed my “to-do” list with fresh eyes. There must be SOMETHING I could do until the weather co-operated. There is still snow in the most shady spots although it began raining on … Continue reading →

Posted in Potatoes, Spring, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged gardening, growing vegetables, growing your own food, Potager, Potatoes, transplants | 12 Comments

Thwarted!

Posted on March 26, 2018 by carolee

This past weekend I had a booth at the Kentuckiana Spring Herb Symposium, which was great fun until I was pounded by a hailstorm while loading out, followed by getting soaked in a pouring rain. That was definitely not fun. … Continue reading →

Posted in Spring, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged anticipation, gardening, planting plans, potager, weather | 8 Comments

Weather delay; Spring postponed!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by carolee

Happy First Day of Spring! (Insert groan here!) It’s snowing, and it’s beautiful, but it’s not the way I wanted to celebrate the official start of the growing season. Potatoes were supposed to be planted on St Patrick’s Day, … Continue reading →

Posted in gardening, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged "herbal" umbrellas, gardening, snowfall, Spring | 9 Comments

What happens if….

Posted on May 15, 2017 by carolee

it rains 16 out of 18 days? The Gardener gets very grumpy, watching the fields flood and the mulch washing away. The area farmers will have to replant hundreds of acres once it dries out, and planting in general is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, gardening, Spring, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged blogging, frost damage, gardening, rain, Spring, weather | 22 Comments