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Our garden in fog

January 25, 2014April 13, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ure13 Comments

All morning bathed in a dovelike brooding. . . .*

We woke up yesterday morning to heavy fog.

Our huge, antique TV dish was recently replaced with a much smaller one, but it was still on the back lawn awaiting pick up.

In the fog, from the upstairs porch, it looked like we’d had a space visitor.

I went out about 7:00 a.m. and took these naturally soft-focused pictures.

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*by Mark Jarman, from “A.M. Fog.”
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January Bloom Day: white hollyhock

January 15, 2014April 11, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ure10 Comments

One hollyhock plant came up among the pole beans and kale in our vegetable garden.

It started blooming last week.

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day is the 15th of every month. To see what’s blooming today in other bloggers’ gardens, visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.
—Buddha

My crops: alpine strawberries

January 9, 2014April 13, 2016 Cindy at enclos*ure2 Comments

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I had a good harvest today of my alpine strawberries, which I grew from seed. (O.K., the bed is less than 4 ft.x 4 ft.)

I’m actually pretty bad at raising things from seed, but I’ve succeeded in three gardens with alpines. I sowed the seeds for these plants right into the ground.

Their taste is wonderful, more perfume-y than commercial strawberries (maybe I’ll even share the next handful). They also make nice small edging plants in flower beds.