I garden from the inside out. My garden should look its most wonderful from the best seat in the house.…
Hello, Garden
I dug a hole and put a plant in my new garden. It is a lonicera sempervirens, one of the…
Goodbye, Garden
I’m leaving you for another, Garden. You have been a faithful and dear partner for 23 years, but I’m ready…
Sleeping Bees
A chill in the air has everyone sleeping a little later. I don’t know where these bees normally sleep, but…
New Stars
Two wonderful things are blooming, one tended and hoped-over, and the other a surprise gift of Mother Nature. The Obedient…
Mid August Jungle
July Chaos
July means a riot of everything all together all at once. Flowers, vegetables, vines, weeds. The loss of the hedge…
Bird Feeder
Last winter I fed the birds on the back porch when snowcrete kept me from getting down to their usual…
Life Goes On
A pair of robins, displaced by the chain saws, have found a place to nest in the honey suckle. When…
Requiem for a Magnolia
My back fence neighbor had all of his trees cut down yesterday. These trees had been the frame and backdrop…