the june garden chores; rhubarb; making a day of it here saturday (local highlights)

Next Saturday is Open Day here again, but I am fighting the urge to go inside, draw the blinds, and take refuge in streaming videos (perhaps with an entire rhubarb crumble by my side).

Instead let's fight together through "the shaggies," the stage the spring garden inevitably goes through after all that fresh promise of April and May devolves into endless deadheads, and the emergence of the warm-season weeds. The June garden chores are the antidote.

plan your garden visit june 7: hike, bike, eat, shop

Visiting my garden on Saturday, June 7? Make it a day in the country: Leave time for a woodland walk to Bash Bish Falls (above), a bike ride or hike through gorgeous farmland, a farm-to-table meal (or shop our 28-vendor farmer's market and take home your dinner ingredients). Get all the details.

miss it last time?

Margaret Roach
A Way to Garden

P.S. --

Up top, that's a pot of succulents I made last spring, then stored in the unheated barn all winter. It did so well!

Also: If you decide not to do the chores and prefer to go the video-and-dessert route (tempting!), maybe you need the Rhubarb Crumble recipe, which also takes you through compote and even rhubarb syrup along the way. They are all here.