Coming out of hibernation

Poor, long-neglected little blog.  I wonder if other blogs suffer the same fate.

Well, to catch up, I may just post some select photos from late fall and winter (and yes, this was "published" quite late; initially drafted in early April, and then life got in the way)...

Among other neglected items are the geranium root stocks I dug up.  I think the "inter-web" guidance was that the root stocks required occasional hydration through the winter. Well, that did not get done.  I will go now to see how they are doing.  First visit in about 3 months, I would say.  So much for saving money - that won't happen if they are dead....

Second wave tomatoes; practically frozen and never fully ripened.  But they made a good tart, salty, savory jam. I think I reduced soy sauce, added pickled leftover sushi ginger, and put it over tofu.

Geraniums - dug out of their planter in my attempt to avoid overwintering them indoors - laziness.

Geranium planter.  Truth be told, the windowsills get crowded - like every other NYC dwelling.

The parsley was unusually hardy.

Strawberries a little less hardy, but for freezing temps, that there was still some green was impressive.

Frozen water, in the water catchers.

The new building - at night.

 

By day.  No more sliver of river view for me.

Geraniums - about to be hung to be transformed into root stocks.

Tubs, turned upside down so as not to freeze and crack.

Same.

Light snow.

Hardy parsley, still hanging on.

January snow - the one that ruined my ski trip by grounding me in NYC - the irony.  In the foreground - a mandavilla.

Snow drift - northeast corner.

Snow drift - west side of terrace.