The Goodness of the Garden . . . All the Year Round #8
When I was a child, every playground had a merry-go-round. Some of them were divided into pie slices of various colors with a metal bar in between each section. Once every daring child jumped on, someone strong would push the merry-go-round and keep us spinning until we were all dizzy.
The Goodness of the Garden . . . All the Year Round #7
It’s that time of year when the kitchen is ripe with the sweetness of cooking jam, the boldness of simmering tomato sauce or the freshness of a just picked basil. I feel wealthy with this abundance because nature’s gifts remind me of the wonder of the earth.
The Goodness of the Garden . . . All the Year Round #6
In this part of the world, the heat, humidity and lack of rain have been a constant for the past month. If you’re experiencing the same thing, you might read “preservation season” and think about hours inside a comfortably air-conditioned house that keep your energy and health preserved and protected
The Goodness of the Garden . . . All the Year Round #5
“Everything I launch into the world doesn’t produce immediate payoff. Some things take time.”
That’s so true for everything in the gardening life, and in life in general. I wrote that in February in regard to my new bird feeder. I wasn’t sure if the birds would ever come.
The Goodness of the Garden . . . All the Year Round #4
Spring is a season of creation at our house. The soft sun invites me outside where I cannot resist digging up weeds here, removing dead leaves there, hoeing the soil to prepare for vegetable seeds and flowering plants.
I spent most of the first two weekends in May in my
The Goodness of the Garden . . . All the Year Round #3
One thing that gets me through the transition from late winter to early spring is visions of shiny, plump, red tomatoes. I get those beauties started with planting the seeds.
It’s rejuvenating to put hope into a tiny seed and watch for it to break through the surface of the