Obligatory snow photo Last Wednesday in this almost nonexistent winter that seemed, a couple weeks ago, to decide on spring and turned warm and sunny enough to encourage Silver Maple to bloom, buds on shrubs to swell, the tulips to pop up, and the rhubarb to begin to poke their prehistoric looking crimpy leaves to …
Category: Gardening
No Fear Gardening
Hello friends! Took last weekend off from writing because I didn’t have anything much to say. I still don’t, but here I am anyway. So this could be short and sweet or long and rambling about everything and nothing in particular. Seed Starting station The indoor seed starting is going pretty well. I made the …
Plastic and a Little Gardening
Witch Hazel is flowering! Friends who've known me for awhile, know that James and I have been undertaking removing as much plastic from our lives as we can. It began as a way to reduce plastic waste because recycling wasn't good enough (mircoplastics) and food wrapped in plastic often has plastic in it. We've been …
My Garden Keeps Me Calm
Melody Maple glowing in the morning sunrise Not a great week for news. The war in Ukraine is now in its third year, and people are starting to say that Ukraine should just negotiate an end to the war, which means giving up a huge chunk of their country to Russia. Putin will not stop …
In Your Dreams
I’m not a person who attaches meaning to dreams in general. I don’t keep a dream journal and I rarely recall my dreams when I wake up. I think most of the time our dreams are simply our brains processing the day and wiping the slate to prepare for the next day. Dreams can be …
