The garden is planted but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still lots to keep me busy. Like two weeks ago the maple seeds started falling. That means I collected a big bowl and then James and I spent a couple hours removing the seeds and getting sore fingers in the process. All for half a …
Garden Casualties
Lily-of-the-valley, indestructible While Professor Plum has survived and is growing by the day, there have been some garden casualties. One of the black currants had begun leafing out a little early during the April heat wave and when it got cold again a few days later, all of the little buds died. I’ve been hoping …
Garden Hectic
Gardening season is in full swing, and every spare minute I have is spent thinking about the garden, doing stuff in the garden, or recovering from doing stuff in the garden. It is a hectic time of year and I do not like the urgency and rush of trying to do everything in between working …
Goodbye October
I mean April. Yes, that tells you how spring continues to not happen. Though I think, if the weather forecast is anywhere close to being right, we are finally about to have some real spring weather. Yay! And also, happy Beltain! The annual May Day parade and Festival will be back this year. Yay! The …
Spring, Where Art Thou?
Yesterday was Earth Day, and, judging by all the sale emails I received, it’s apparently now a shopping holiday for “green” goods. But even if the item is “Earth Friendly” it’s still consumption of (very likely) something people don’t actually need. And if you don’t need it and buy it anyway, you are not being …
