Simple pleasures for a gardener
Wow, this is my 500th post! One simple pleasure: running your fingers thru a container of dried beans from the garden. And shelling them first, too! Missing a couple cucumbers […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
A good taste of summer, in the winter!
I don’t often post recipes here, cos I don’t think I make many things that are so unusual. But several people I know have asked me how to make freezer […]
Rambling along in the garden on a wonderful day
Any day you can eat veggies from your garden is a good day. My garden is small, but plants love it here, so they usually get big and produce well. […]
Let the bounty of the earth begin in the garden
Tomato row is already looking good, with one of them already taller than me. The metal trellises and bamboo poles connecting them provide a strong structure for plants that normally […]
The most wonderful time of the year
There’s a Christmas song that says that time is the most wonderful time of the year. I disagree, and think this is the most wonderful time of the year. Everything […]
Rambling along in the spring
Just rambling about spring, and whatever. The happy little tree bloomed, and it was beautiful! Albert, guardian of the garden, enjoyed it too. https://sarasinart.net/2019/04/11/spring-things-and-other-good-stuff/ It was so interesting that after […]
Spring things and other good stuff
I know animals do things that are amazing, like use tools and plan ahead. But I never before saw anything like I saw today in person. I had […]
The search for a wren house
It’s a simple thing, but a pleasure of life for me. Two tiny birds living in the yard, in a tiny box made special for them and singing beautiful songs […]
Such a lazy blogger……
It’s been a strange winter, and long, or maybe it’s just because I’m getting old(er.) Too much cold, too much snow and ice, too much tension in the world around […]
A new yard visitor!
I’ve lived here almost 40 years and have never seen a rat till a few days ago. There are rats in town, I know, cos they’re everywhere but just don’t […]
