I’ve been growing my own garlic for about 15 years — all from my own bulbs that I harvest from year to year. I don’t remember what possessed me to order my first bulbs from Seeds of Change way back when.
After all, garlic seems a slightly peculiar item to grow when they’re so plentiful and cheap at the grocery store. And even more peculiar to fall in love with. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I get a bigger … Read More
Having recently gone through a growth spurt, Cait was in need of some new clothes. So off to the Mall we went. We always concentrate our efforts in this one particular store, because we always have good luck finding cloths that fit and that Cait will actually wear.
The tradition is to make our way around each department — shoes, pants, tops, etc.– until, at the very end, we come to the fancy dress section. This is where the fun … Read More
And let your cares float away on the wisps of whispering breezes.
Works for me every time.… Read More
It’s in the air today, along with the gathering thunderclouds. Everyone around here is hunting for something.
Our Great Blue Heron is on the hunt for his lunch.
He seldom misses.
He’s snagged himself a nice fish.
Oh, there’s something else fishing there along the side of the pond!
Is it our Fisher (a weasel)?
Nope. I’d recognize that fluffy tail anywhere. Looks like Finn’s found some good hunting by the pond too.
Kiera and Wink are hunting for a … Read More
For the tenth time, Andrew opened the refrigerator, hoping that something “good” would magically materialize. For the tenth time, when no miracle occurred and the exact same food stared back at him, he finally exclaimed, “Is it me, or is there only weird stuff in here?”
Because I hate grocery shopping even more than I hate cleaning toilets, I’ve been known to prolong going to the store for as long as is humanly possible, or until no one can stand … Read More
The first time I saw them, I was camping out in Nova Scotia on an isolated sliver of a peninsula that jutted out into the choppy Atlantic Ocean. As I’d done since I was a kid, I threw my sleeping bag on the ground so I could have a clear view of the night sky. It was the new moon, so I was anticipating some magnificent stargazing.
What I wasn’t anticipating was what happened next. All of a sudden and … Read More
Interesting changes in light all day today.
6:30 am
8:30 am
10:30 am
12:30 pm
2:30 pm
4:00 pm
6:00 pm – Power out from an ice storm.
8:00 pm
10:00 pm. Jupiter and Venus, as evening stars, holding hands in the southwest sky – and a dead camera battery. Good nite all.… Read More
Fall is in the air. No need to look at the calendar; there are signs everywhere.
Harvested at the end of July, my garlic has dried enough to cut, clean, and store. One drying screen almost done. One more to go.
Seed saving begins for many of my lettuces and leafy vegetables. This is Chinese Cabbage. Tiny little things, aren’t they?
This is one plant’s worth.
I like to collect enough seeds to also have some to trade on Seed … Read More
