Maybe I need a bigger pickin’ basket
It was a bounty this morning. It was a little dicey picking the little sugar baby tomatoes which are right next to the black eyed peas, with the yellow jackets […]
Category Archives: Nature
Saint Francis and Saint John
Years ago I got a St. John’s wort plant, just cos it was something else interesting to have growing. It took a long time to spread out, but it covers […]
Train your black eyed peas well………
If you don’t train them well, they might strike out to find their own way in the world, and then who knows where they might end up! Some will be […]
We get by with a little help from our friends
My tomatoes have normally grown to 7′. This year we’re successfully growing cucumbers: so successfully that they have also reached 7′. And some have come around the corner of […]
How to spend a hot summer day
She knows to stay downstairs, cos the upstairs is much warmer in a long skinny house that has the long side facing east. We have a heat advisory today, […]
Some pleasures of summer………
A ride in a horse drawn wagon at a nice summer festival. The fresh smell of laundry dried on the line. Upsetting the little Jenny wren cos I’m […]
Rural Life Festival
My soon-to-be daughter in law and I went to a nice event, Rural Life Festival presented by Newburg United Methodist Church in the town of Newburg. Newburg is a little […]
The blessings of the earth in our garden
We’ve been eating cucumbers, and we all like them here and have agreed that none from any store will ever taste this good. A couple things that Eliza got […]
Oh Christmas tree, oh………no, wait
It’s not Christmas in July, it’s cucumbers gone crazy; a cucumber tree! I had to rig up a bamboo tee pee to help hold up a tomato cage full […]
Some things work just like they’re supposed to!
Japanese beetles are a garden pest that can wreak havoc on several things: roses, and, as I discovered 2 years ago, green bean leaves. Then last year I discovered […]
Sarasin's thoughts....... 