Sound Harvest & Garden

So, yes, the original Soundharvest property has been sold. The apples, the blueberries, the figs (which must be ripe right now), the hen house with stained glass, the raised beds and the marsh. ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-tree.html

The garlic tops had started turning yellow and had lost their umph, and for me it is now or never to harvest this batch! With all signs pointing towards harvest time, I pulled the bulbs. I place...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/06/garlic-time.html

The cherry dining table, some couch cushions, a lamp and two Le cruset pots head to the home of a dear friend. They look so pretty on the lawn in front of tall trees that we planted as tiny sapl...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/06/unanticipated-beauty.html

It worked, and the obvious glee of their new family completely offset the sadness to see them go. OK, it did for a little while.

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/06/keep-on-laying.html

The garlic is maturing early this year. I pulled one, thinking it would be "green garlic", tender like green onions, only to find that it has developed its papery coating and soon will be ready ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/05/garlic.html

There is a bumper crop of apples on both trees this year. They look so beautiful. A few aphids here and there, but not enough to require any effort on my part! I should thin them. I really shoul...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/05/apples.html

After the strangest winter and spring ever, I finally have a substantial harvest from the garden. Lettuce, a giant pile of it, in many colors and textures! It tastes wonderful and it makes m...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/05/harvest.html

The gale force winds here at the coast last weekend gave my hot pepper, tomato, and basil plants a real beating. They look weak and pitiful. New leaves are coming out though, and they will b...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/04/beaten-and-blue.html

This is what I found when I reached into my potato bin for the end of last year's crop. The spuds weren't ready to be dinner, they knew it was spring and were hoping instead to be planted for a ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-potatoes-know.html

I know I just posted, but this is time sensitive. If you have not yet cleaned up your winter damaged ferns, run! Do it now! Here you see a before and after photo. Had I waited one more day...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/04/catch-them-quickly.html

The tiny species tulip bulbs I planted a few years back continue to naturalize and multiply. Aren't they beautiful? Traditional hybrid tulips won't make it past a year or two here. On the ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/04/springing-up.html

I use the mixture of chicken manure and pine shavings that I clean out of the coop as both fertilizer and mulch for shrubs and perennials. Since I apply it in a raw form, not composted, I don't ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/03/permaculture-101.html

Are you wondering what those last two photos where? I just left you hanging. I blame it in on confusion from seeing the first sunshine in months. So, the last post had two photos: the weeds ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/03/clarity.html

After the coldest, wettest winter ever, finally a sunny day. My raised beds are much drier than the flat ground around here, so I was able to take two beds from weeds to snap peas! I am very...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/03/finally.html

Despite all other signs to the contrary, a daily harvest of eggs and swelling buds on the maples and blueberries promise me that spring is here. It certainly is keeping itself well hidden beneat...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/03/dont-give-up.html

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We are having a highly unusual ice storm here. It is supposed to last through today and tomorrow, then hang around another day as temperatures stay in the 20s. I just wanted a little snow. Inste...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/01/wickedly-beautiful.html

The heavy freeze we had last week left its mark on the garden. It dipped down to 17, and then stayed in the 20s for 24 full hours afterwards. The best news is that the garlic, left unp...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/01/after-freeze.html

Hens can handle cold. Hens can handle wet. What they can't handle is cold AND wet. The ladies got a huge dry pile of wood shavings in the coop to help keep them warm tonight, and lots of dry...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/01/hens-and-vortex.html

All I can do with my medium sized tangerine tree is wrap the trunk to try and save the plant, if not the existing branches. It is just too large to do more. I am trying to hold a bit of ...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/01/citrus-and-vortex.html

All signs point to temperatures dropping into the teens tomorrow night and staying well below freezing for a couple of days. Knowing that, I picked the rest of my orangequats, my tender broccoli...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2014/01/bracing.html

Well, here in coastal North Carolina winter isn't so bad! Harvesting carrots, broccoli, and tangerines today, on the solstice. Days now will start getting longer again, although the wintery cold...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2013/12/winter-isnt-so-bad.html

Carrots always surprise me. I see their feathery tops every day, but unlike other root vegetables, I tend to just forget something is underneath. I guess it pays to be a bit dim about some thing...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2013/12/going-underground.html

It was tough, but I emptied my basket of saved seeds and threw away all that were packed for use before 2012. Whew, that was difficult! I even found myself pulling the trash can back out to "sav...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2013/11/seed-purge.html

A little late, but I selected the best looking outer cloves from a few of my garlic bulbs (harvested this summer) and got them planted today. The smaller inner cloves are simmering with tomatoes...

http://soundharvest.blogspot.com/2013/11/garlic-day.html