We are in the midst of seasonal transition here, when Winter takes his time to move out and Spring sends care packages ahead of her arrival. Thus we went from near 40F one day to below zero two days later and now we are, once again approaching 40F today with the week’s forecast teasing a …
Briefly
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 …
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, …
