I plant sweet corn not only because I adore the taste of it…but because I am also in love with the way the wind dances through its leaves, singing its beautiful songs of summer…
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Happy Monday everyone! This week brought a mixture of harvests, including the first jalapeno and the first Happy Hot Peppers! Dave, I’m hoping you might have some insight/shared curiosity about why ours went straight from green to red instead of the pretty orange you’ve gotten in the past. Very interesting…I guess we’ll wait and see what happens with the other three experimental…
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With our warm spring and zero late frosts, our fruit trees are doing wonderfully this year! Despite the cherry fiasco, we are anticipating a hefty harvest of apples, apricots and pears this summer and fall…well, as hefty as one might expect from a couple of young trees 😉 We noticed a little while ago that our apples were looking a…
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The Flowering Carrot
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.~Phyllis Theroux Wishing you all a lovely weekend full of creation!
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1950s Singer Sewing Machine
I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that I work at a non-profit that serves girls from age 5 to 15 through after school and summer camp programs. Because we are a non-profit, people are constantly donating items to us that they think might be “good” or “fun” or “useful” for the girls. Sometimes the items are all those things and sometimes…
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A good friend of mine celebrated a birthday recently, and given her love of trees, I decided to paint her a tiny tree to wear around her neck 😉 Yes, that means I’m painting again! I haven’t painted in a while and have had a myriad of excuses (school, work, the garden…yada yada yada)…but they are no more! Re-inspired and enjoying a little…
