Gardeners will be gathering more first fruits from their gardens and farmers will cut hay to feed their livestock. And farm families are just as likely to be harvesting from their own gardens as we did on our home farm. … Continue reading →
May, the month when even more life springs from the ground. Plants at rest in the winter are refreshed and ready to provide beauty and shade. Late April my tulip and narcissus bulbs sent up stalks and leaves and … Continue reading →
The air cools and the trees turn colour. A very pretty time of year before the leaves drop and the wind blows colder. It’s also when people spend more time indoors, once the outdoor work is done. Once the lawn … Continue reading →
From the flowers to the veggie garden, there’s lots happening in my yard. Who says you need annuals to have a pretty summer garden? About 90 percent of mine are perennials and of the native variety. Four of … Continue reading →
Summer is here. We had a blast of hot air, forest fire smoke, then cool weather again. And we got rain. My garden is thriving, the flowers are blooming with an array of colour. Anyone who says annuals are the … Continue reading →
I can say good old October, because we’re into November now. The title came to me from a preschool song I used to sing when I taught day care and nursery school. … good old October … when apples … Continue reading →
Our pastor quoted Diana Butler Bass yesterday in his sermon. She wrote in her book Grateful, that gratitude was often hard to feel as a child. Not knowing the full context, I will share only what I remember … Continue reading →
Spring is a busy season of new growth and of preparing and planting. I’d done some winter sowing back in early February and was pleased for the most part with the results. Some plants grew and grew and had … Continue reading →
I made a trip out to Colour Paradise a week ago, remembering that last year, in early COVID days, many plants sold out early. I bought herbs and flowers mostly, and a smaller amount of tomato plants than last … Continue reading →
A couple of days ago I emptied four bags of fresh garden soil and four bags of compost —cow manure composted— into the raised beds. And I remembered a small boy of four who loves to dig in dirt. … Continue reading →
