Hello? Anyone Home? Happy New Year Friends! The best thing about a new year is that there are so many of them. There’s January 1st, of course. But there is also Chinese New Year. There’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. There is Samhain (November 1 making Halloween New Year’s Eve), the Celtic New Year. …
Happy Solstice!
Technically the sun has officially passed the solstice mark, but let’s go with a more seasonal approach since it’s still very much midwinter even though we are likely to have a record warm day here of over 50F/10C. But the real warmth story is that we are keeping above freezing at night for several days …
Ouch
I missed writing last week because, well, read on. In spite of December continuing on as significantly warmer and drier than usual, last Saturday into Saturday night we got some light rain that turned into an icy, crunchy snow when temperatures finally dropped below freezing. Sunday was sunny and forecast to warm up to freezing. …
I’m Tired of Talking About Climate Change
Last Tuesday was the final week of our fall/winter CSA share and in his newsletter our farmer, Eduardo, said that there were some big changes ahead for his family and this may have been his last season farming. Sure, there are plenty of other CSAs we could buy a share from, but Eduardo has been …
It’s the Holiday Season
I hope everyone celebrating Thanksgiving had a lovely holiday. We had a quiet day here since it is just me and James. James spent a big part of the day in the kitchen cooking. He says he doesn’t ever mind this because, like the garden is my favorite place to be, the kitchen is his. …
