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Well…A Break Is One Thing
Every once in a while someone says they’re taking a break from blogging and disappears for a while. I disappeared with no notice in March. My first year of retirement was full. I did a lot of gardening, traveled for the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Pleasures
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Strolling Toward Spring
I’ve been digging kitchen compost into the garden periodically over the winter. Mostly it’s coffee grounds, eggshells, and vegetable trimmings. It’s been fun to go there with a purpose, dig a trench and dump what would otherwise go out in the garbage … Continue reading
Three Walks and Some Wildlife
I’ve had three good walks recently at local parks, two of them on relatively warm days between blasts of cold and the last one on a brisker, more wintry day. My friend Jane emailed about a walk and suggested Turkey Run, which … Continue reading
Not Gardening, Just Prepping
I’ve been doing a lot of spring planning. Some of it has been for my own garden and some of it has been for the Plot Against Hunger. I’ve ordered seeds and some supplies (stakes, fencing, tomato insulators, cloches for young plants, … Continue reading
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Tagged cold frame, Plot Against Hunger, Winter gardening
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Time, Distance, and New Snow
Seed catalogs are coming in fast. They’re fat and colorful and full of tempting things, and they make me realize I need to start planning my garden tout de suite. I don’t need much, as I save seeds, but there are always surprises … Continue reading
Whiplash!
Yesterday, I was harvesting cilantro, broccoli, cauliflower, and parsley from the garden. It was over 60 degrees, and I wasn’t even wearing a jacket. Today, I woke up to this. It was snowing crazily, almost a whiteout without wind. The predictions had … Continue reading
Watching the Hawk Watch
One of the things I like about my neighborhood is that wildlife presents itself for the alert passer-by. I was in my living room when I noticed some people walking up the steps toward the shops. The man looked up and then … Continue reading
A Park Discovery
A couple weeks ago, on a visit to one of the end of year art and craft exhibits, I discovered a new place for walks. I had been to Fort CF Smith before, as it is a favorite place for art … Continue reading
Whew… Exhale
Hello fellow bloggers! It’s been another wild ride of a year at work and in the garden, but I finally retired in September and … nothing much changed with me getting blogs posted. I did, however, get my bicycle fixed, paint the … Continue reading
The Garden Thrives
I was in the garden last week getting some trumpet vine shoots out of the rosemary bush and saw a bird’s nest in there! What a treat! I never knew any young’uns were raised there. They had a parent with nerves of steel, … Continue reading
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