Spring time in Pennsylvania….
Spring, right. 6-8″ down and more coming. I heard Sir Albert hollering something like: Mayday, avalanche! Grandma always said there had to be a late, last snow, called the onion […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
Nor’easter
I’ve been having some fun with Sir Albert, my gargoyle who is supposed to be guarding the garden. Later in the spring/summer, he will be watching out for squash […]
Dragons to feed, really
Around Imbolc, the day the juices start to flow under the ground, the seeds appear at Lowe’s and other places. Not wanting to make a spectacle of myself, I try […]
A little silly fun
These two little kids sit in a small town park. Every year, somebody, and nobody seems to know who, puts hats on the kids for the winter. This year they […]
There he sits, in the snow
He’s waiting for life to sprout up from the frozen ground and produce lots of veggies. And my little stool just sits there, waiting for me to sit on it […]
A little winter refuge
That’s a basket that has hung on my back porch for years. I used to keep a couple garden tolls in it. The front handle has disintegrated but the rest […]
Bombogenesis!
A winter cyclone happened, now called a bombogenesis, and it’s a new word to me. We didn’t get the huge amount of snow that they got along the Atlantic Coast and […]
A little winter excavation, and a wish for you
It’s the Winter Solstice, a time when we face the coming cold but also think (dream!) ahead to gardening and growing food as the light returns and the wheel of […]
The cold of the winter
Now in December we rest and wait for the light to return. We had a beautiful super moon and my camera wouldn’t take a good picture. But while I was […]
Hugel bed
I keep reading about a permaculture practice called hugel culture. I thought it would be neat to try. My garden is getting a little smaller next year since I’m getting […]
