Getting ready to raise veggies!
The area in the rabbit fence is laid up and ready to grow things: collards, cabbage, spinach, sorrel and other things that the many bunnies around here consider to be […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
So, two engineers built a trellis……….
Here’s the first blog about the trellis while it was still just an idea…….. https://sarasinart.net/2015/04/17/spring-is-sprung/ Well actually 3 engineers were involved. When I first planned and talked about the […]
Spring is sprung
Spring is sprung The grass is riz Oh how sweet The flowers iz That was an old poem from childhood that stuck with me. And some of the flowers […]
Roasted partridges do not fly into one’s mouth
That’s a strange expression, right? But one that has guided me and made me think things thru for many years. When I was first married, my husband’s old grandmother […]
It’s a good day to start seedlings
It’s cold and there’s a snow storm going on, but those of us who grow food know the process of growing it needs to get started early with some […]
Imbolc, spring, and the earth awakens
It’s so nice to be able to write a blog before shoulder surgery and then publish it with one click later. Typing one finger hunt and peck is not fun, […]
The bamboo, a haven from the snow
A retaining wall goes around the garage. This is behind the garage. Beside the garage, looking out toward where my son parks his truck, it looks like this now, with […]
Another silver maple tree
I had to have another silver maple taken down. https://sarasinart.net/2014/10/06/canker-spots-on-a-silver-maple/ They are so soft and diseases can get into their wood so easily. I didn’t plant any of these, […]
Winter starts to creep in………
Before the first snow, which came today, the doves knew they needed to get as much food as they could find. There are often at least a dozen below […]
A reprieve from frost…..for now
My neighbor’s big ol’ black walnut tree looks like winter is upon us, but it’s not yet. There are still a few walnuts lying around on the ground even tho […]
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