There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! I always find it interesting to observe my garden – and others’ as well. There are weeks where there doesn’t seem to be much growth at all, and then other weeks where it seems like there is a ton of … [Read more...] about Garden Tour – Week 8
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Garden Tour – Week 7
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links, I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Well look at that, here we are already in week 7…and I haven’t done a garden tour since week 2. We have been so busy enjoying the summer that I haven’t had as much of a chance to get to writing. So we … [Read more...] about Garden Tour – Week 7
2017 Garden Tour – Week 1
There are affiliate links in this post - if you make a purchase after clicking one of these links, I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! It has been especially cold and rainy in Maine for a very long time, and before that snow, so I was incredibly happy to be able to put in our garden this past weekend. Typically I will plant everything on … [Read more...] about 2017 Garden Tour – Week 1
Beyond the Leftovers – Turkey Stock & Turkey Pot Pie
Thanksgiving is over. It always seems surprising to me because of such build up to Thanksgiving and for all the work that goes into the one big meal. It is definitely one of my favorite meals of the year, how can it not be with all those delicious dishes! My favorite part of the big meal though? The leftovers. I’m sure that you all have been eating leftovers for … [Read more...] about Beyond the Leftovers – Turkey Stock & Turkey Pot Pie
A Garden Tour – Week Twelve
I think that this may be my last weekly garden tour of the season! Of course I still plan to share my garden with you all, but we have come to the point when there really is only garden cleanup, tomatoes, and potatoes left. Not that tomatoes and potatoes aren’t extremely important, they absolutely are, but obviously there are only so many pictures of tomatoes and potatoes that one may … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Twelve
A Garden Tour – Week Eleven
Here we are in week 11 of the garden tours, and I am officially calling the pumpkins done for the year. I have been looking at my very sorry pie pumpkin plant for about a week and a half, and seeing all the powdery mildew made me realize that it was in a losing battle. Fortunately, the pumpkins themselves seem to be ripe enough to pick. So I am going to pick them and then figure … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Eleven