The dead barn

Barn collapse 1

I first posted the shot above in September 2012. By December 2012 more of the roof had collapsed and it wasn’t looking good.

Dead barn

For a long time, driving onto the freeway below the hilltop where this barn has stood, it was possible to see the remaining structure. A while back I realized I hadn’t seen it for a while. I drove to where I now know it stood and took the shot above. Not much left standing now. I’m truly sorry to see it go.

Growing season

Collage lettuce

Lettuce grows beautifully here. Convinced that the wind and cool weather wouldn’t treat it right I put it all in pots in the greenhouse the first year I had a garden. It did fine. The next year I put half of the starts in the green house and half went outside. The greenhouse stuff did fine. The outside stuff yelled, “Bring it on!” and grew like gangbusters. This year I’ve grown enough to feed an army. Salad, anyone?