The ornamental plum tree outside the kitchen window, above, and one of the camellias, below.  I am not sure if…

Note to self: you planted onions inside the veggie garden, against the fence where the peas were last year.  Remember…

You say it is the 25th of March?  No, today is the First of Asparagus.  It follows closely on the…

There are broccoli seedlings under the cloches, and right in front of them (too fragile to see) are little leeklets. …

It is springing.  Camellias are tight pink buds, and bloom swiftly in the warmth of the house.  Daffodils are up…

Bindweed roots.  Found them in a layer of soil on top of a piece of landscape fabric that was protecting…

Began the late winter ritual tonight, with one small laborer.  I was management.

Fifty degrees on Valentine’s day, a gift to all the worms and birds and squirrils and people from mother nature,…