Garden going wild!
The garden is doing amazing stuff. I had posted before that I had a garden mystery: squash coming up where my cucumbers (only!) were supposed to be, squash that I […]
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Gardening adventures
Or maybe I should just call them gardening misadventures. I planted two kinds of cucumber seeds under a big bamboo teepee: some straight 8’s and some pickling cukes. I planted […]
Three Sisters Begins
3 Sisters, a companion planting concept used by Native Americans for centuries, is a new concept to me and something I wanted to try. The oldest sister, corn, gets planted […]
Let the gardening games (finally) begin!
Weather people say it was the coldest, wettest spring in this area since the 1960’s. I just know it was bad for a gardener who wants to get started early, […]
The beginning of the garden
I had a guy till up a bigger area cos our garden is growing. It doesn’t have anywhere to go more than this, so we will make good use of […]
Spring fever this week
We have several beautiful warm days coming before we go back to some colder weather again for a while; normal PA spring routines. I’m always like a little animal and […]
Behold the Magic of the Earth
There’s a piece of cross stitch I did many years ago, and it hangs in my kitchen. I think of the magic of the earth often, but was especially reminded […]
Three Sisters
I’ve read a lot about a planting arrangement that’s centuries old and began with Native Americans. This is called Three Sisters, and involves planting corn, beans and squash together. For […]
Imbolc, our first sign of spring
We can light candles all winter in our feeble human attempt to bring back the light. Whether we do that or not, Imbolc is a special day if you’re tired of winter […]
Almost time for pork and sauerkraut!
Traditions are fun and also important…….remembering older ways of doing things is being lost in some ways. In this general area, we have a New Year’s day tradition that comes […]
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