Wolf moon
The full moon in January was called the Wolf Moon in medieval times. It was the time of the year when the hungry wolves would come closest to the house. The night […]
Category Archives: Nature
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 […]
I still grow beans in the strangest places
I had posted before about green beans growing climbing a tomato plant, and this year I dropped one bean in a yucca plant and it got beans on. https://sarasinart.net/2014/09/06/i-love-natures-miracles/ […]
Maybe the end of the garden……..
They’re predicting our first frost for tonight. Always a sad day for a gardener, especially when things are still producing in the garden. My King of the Garden Limas […]
Canker spots on a silver maple
This tree has been trimmed several times when storms and other things made it necessary. Silver maple is such soft wood anyway, and then an injury and trimming allows diseases […]
Thai purple podded yard long beans!
I presented a mystery in a recent post. My son’s girlfriend Eliza had me interested in finding the beans she had described, and I had asked for readers’ help. https://sarasinart.net/2014/09/23/a-question-for-the-gardeners/ […]
A question for the gardeners…?
I love to grow different and interesting things. My son’s girlfriend recently went to Colorado to visit relatives and had some unusual beans. The beans were purple and they […]
Sweet September collards
I don’t like to face the end of gardening, (and picking and eating) but some things still go on for a little while. I have Lima beans forming in huge […]
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