Millerton Gardening

Flowers

Some of my favorite flowers are the ones I grew up with like snap dragons, lupine, gaillardia, dahlias and foxglove.

In Southern California (the land of perfect weather) oddly enough, snap dragons are grown as annuals. This red beauty is not only a “volunteer” from my neighbor’s garden, but it wintered beautifully and now it’s doubled in size and the flowers are stunning.

Lavender lupine, purple heliotrope, nasturtium and stocks make a  great focal point.

Gaillardia.

This is the second year for my lovely lupine and gaillardia and now they are blooming profusely.  I have also planted dahlias, which must be removed and stored away in the winter.  The smaller variety works great in hanging baskets.

Yellow dahlia with lavender lobelia and red and green coleus. 

Pink dahlia with dark pink and white petunias.

My Vegetable Garden

How does your garden grow?

My brothers in California have very nice vegetable gardens but suffer from critters, like the notorious gopher, pests and dry warm weather in the inland areas or damp over-cast weather (causing mildew among other thing) which can damage crops.  And while Millerton might not have as long as growing season as Southern California, it has a strong one.  The recent summer rains and warm weather has made my vegetable garden grow leaps and bounds over what I use to grow in California.  And Millerton’s soil is so full of compost and related nutrients, it’s not necessary for me to fertilize.  The best part is I never have to water (although sometimes I do because that’s something I enjoy).  

My cucumbers are twining up the white birth branches nicely.  

In this area I have sugar snap peas, carrots, beans radish and brussels sprouts.

The potatoes are coming along nicely. No blooms yet but the plants are strong and healthy.

This doesn't look like much, but those skinny little things poking out of the ground are my asparagus. This is the first year and we should be able to start harvesting in 2-3 years.

Millerton - Things to do. (or not as this case may be)

A Cool and Quiet Place to Nap.

Nothing more needs to be said.

Millerton - Things to do

A Welcomed Watering-Hole Comes To Town.

After a fun Saturday in Manhattan this past weekend, we headed north.  As we were driving up to our home our neighbors invited us to tag along to a new restaurant and bar on Main Street called, 52 MAIN.  With our respective children in tow, we managed to spend a couple of hours socializing with locals, listening to live music and enjoying some delicious spirits.  

This tapas bar’s atmosphere was lively and more importantly, Millerton finally gets a fun spot to meet, drink and be merry. (http://www.52main.com/)

Unfortunately, we had just had dinner so we did not sample any of the items on their menu. A great reason to go back!!!