It was a gloriously melty week and the snow in the garden was getting thin. I was hoping to see the ground soon. Yesterday it rained and we even had a thunderstorm. And then this morning I woke up to this: Evidence of spring's cruelty Close to five inches of wet, heavy snow. Most of …
Author: Stefanie
Avid reader, gardener, librarian, cyclist, and vegan.
Variety Pack
We are in the midst of a thaw, and over the weekend I spent a day and half sniffling and sneezing and feeling blah, wondering whether I had COVID/a sinus infection/a cold before I realized it was allergies. Generally it takes a near complete snow melt before the allergies start up, but I guess any …
How NOT to Avoid a Climate Disaster
I finished How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates a couple weeks ago but had to let it sit for awhile so I could write about it without losing my shit. Gates tries to pull off a folksy, easy to read, golly we can do this tone that made me bristle every time …
The Rabbit Who Ate My Garden
Back at the end of December when I was doing some garden planning, I mentioned my Juneberries suckering and starting to crowd my honeyberries and what I might do about that. Well, now I will not need to worry about it because they are most likely all dead and it makes me want to cry, …
Oh Sweet Ethel
Ah chickens. They have been doing admirably in the bitter cold. I cannot say they are tired of winter as I am, I don’t know how they understand time and whether they think ahead, or if they only live in the now. While they have short attention spans, they have memories, that is certain. But …
