Cactus and succulents always fascinated me
Years ago I had several cacti and these interesting plants always fascinated me. I still have one from long ago, and it is now about 40 years old. It’s […]
Tag Archives: nature
Rambling around outside on a beautiful June day
It was a beautiful day and I took the camera for a walk. The century plant yucca is blooming now and it’s so pretty. Taller than me, lol. […]
Time to eat collard greens!
Sometimes you need to take a whole plant for a bigger “pot o’ greens.” To be the best kind of pot of greens, it would need to include a long-simmered […]
Pick it, clean it, eat it, love it!
I’ve been eating onions right along for a couple weeks, and also spinach, but it’s almost summer and now the temp agrees. The spinach leaves have been getting thinner […]
What’s growing on around here?
What would a blog from the old hippie chick be if it couldn’t include a small rant, lol. I’d like to blog about some things that are important to me, […]
Two little trees, doing well!
Last fall I wrote about having had to cut down a beautiful silver maple tree, and how shoots had developed from the trunk, and how I wondered whether they […]
Jenny wren knows when to come
It always amazes me that birds know where to go and when, although our robins got a little ahead of themselves this spring. But, the little Jenny wrens, also […]
Is it just a stone…or will it bite me?
We live in a limestone area that produces some interesting looking rock formations. This one has teeth. Just for fun, here’s my shark rock. If it only had […]
Onion sets……let the gardening begin!
Serious thoughts of gardening begin when the hardware store downtown gets their onion sets. These little dandies planted and left in the ground about 6 weeks give you the […]
The squirrel saga and cat psychology
No more squirrels have been caught. About a week ago we moved the trap to the other side of the house, cos I hadn’t heard anything for a while. […]
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