Growing old in an upside down world
When you’re getting old, you have already started to think differently than you used to, about lots of things. Getting old isn’t a privilege that everybody gets to enjoy, so […]
Tag Archives: nature
And autumn comes…..
The pampas grass looks so pretty with its tassels on, but it’s one of many sure signs that autumn is here. Leaves are starting to fall from some trees. After […]
This squash!
It’s just fun, growing this squash. There are 9 big ones forming as they should. There are some other little buds which probably won’t have time to develop into mature […]
Gardening always has challenges
There are sometimes new challenges come along, like groundhogs last year. And old challenges like blight on tomatoes and powdery mildew on squash. I had both of them bad this […]
More about Audrey…..
OK, I guess I’m obsessed with this huge Chinese winter squash. Her name is Audrey, lol, and I blogged about her size and how vigorous she is before. https://sarasinart.net/2018/07/18/a-squash-named-audrey/ She […]
The yard is flat in the winter
And boring in the winter. And each spring, I plant seeds that will spring up plants from the earth, and the garden and yard is not flat any more. And […]
A garden and yard walk about
It’s almost like a bog here, with 3″ of rain last night and more predicted for the next 3 days. Flood watches and warnings are out all around central Pa […]
A squash named Audrey
I like to grow weird things in the garden; purple jalapenos, black tomatoes, white tomatoes. It’s all gardening fun and each new thing is a new adventure. Last year I […]
Summer rolls along………
We had a cool, wet spring, and things in the garden didn’t take off like they do a lot of years, but everything survived. Now they’re catching up. Then we […]
The things you learn at the beach……….
I’ve always found those black things along the beach, and only recently learned that they are skate egg cases. The string of yellowish things is a whelk egg case. I […]
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