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 […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
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 […]
Winter sowing vegetables
A good Facebook group I belong to introduced me to a process I’ve never heard of. Winter is boring for avid (read: addicted!) gardeners, cos we can’t plant anything or […]
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 […]
Historic snow storm
Yesterday it snowed. Yea it did, actually started the night before and snowed hard all yesterday into last evening. They say it broke the record for the biggest snow storm since […]
My little delusions
The winter is long for serious (read: addicted) gardeners. Sometimes we try things that might not make sense, like trying to grow an outside veggie…..inside. With an east facing […]
A primrose blooms
My mother passed away in a nursing home in the spring. A while before she died, a friend gave her a little potted primrose. She liked it, but she kept […]
Fall is brown
Spring is soft and pink with flowering trees, summer is green as far as your eye can see and smells amazing, winter is white and hard some of the time, […]
Squirrels always surprise me, and make me laugh
This cute little fella was on the back porch in a snowstorm a couple of years ago, asking for more sunflower seeds to be brought out. They hide a lot […]
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