outside in the garden

astrogene image borrowed from Garden web

Saturday, October 06, 2001

The Copper Heron is in a big yellow federalist house on Main Street, Unity, Maine. I stayed there two nights last weekend and had a nice time. Melissa, one of the owners, does (apparently) all the cooking. A big hit Saturday morning was the baked oatmeal, which has somewhat the character of rice pudding. Fresh fruit, good coffee, and more. The guests sat at a big diing room table and got to know one another a little.
I enjoyed walking in the garden behind the house.Near the house is a mounded oval set off with rr ties; it is home to several bird feeders including one resembling a fish, hanging from a branch and swimming in air.

Further along are three other ovals, one with a little pond and interestingly placed rocks, another with an upright post topped by what resembles a japanese'style stone lantern but which is actually (I thought) a bird feeding station. It was surrounded, the last weekend of September, by a jumble of black-eyed susans and a flagstoned path around.
Beyond, the ground spreads out to mostly lawn, though the vegetable garden was still sprouting zucchinis and a variety of peppers.

Pam Shorey 9:49 PM ( )

My daughter posted a new garden blog on her domain at Unity Pond net. One thing I saw there when I went to look was a link to the White Flower Farm in Litchfield, CT. That's in the northwestern corner of the state, some distance away from me, but I'd like to go there again. Read their Year in the Garden for some ideas on what and when and where to plant.
The last time I went to White FLower Farms (the only time, really), it was iris season and not much else was in bloom. I bought some blue siberian irises that have perservered out back despsite being neglected some years. When I tend them early in the spring, ripping the smother vines back and uncovering the corms a little, they reward me with stunning abundant blossoms.
Speaking of unitypond.net -- which I was -- I took some photographs of the garden at the Copper Heron Bed & Breakfast where I stayed while visiting in Burnham and Unity, Maine last weekend. I must get them online, and when i do will post some here. It's been a busy week and I was doing some work for the Willimantic Food Coop. The front page has been cleaned up a little. There's more to do, of course.
Pam Shorey 1:04 PM ( )

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Pam Shorey 6:10 AM ( )