Rambling on for 6 years
Soon I have a blogging anniversary: 6 years of rambling on about gardening, raising food, my crazy cat, and the life and adventures of an old hippie. I […]
Tag Archives: nature
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 […]
So many reasons to be thankful
I have a lot to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is a special day with special history; a time when people stop to remember what all they have to […]
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 […]
Back to the beginning
The pergola looks so bare, cos I just cut the beans down. We had our first hard freeze last night, so now everything out there is officially done. Several of […]
Sharing heirloom seeds
Heirloom seeds will survive if more people plant them, and talking about them with other gardeners and sharing them is the way to get more people to plant them. I’ve […]
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