A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
June is peak season to visit England...but it is worth every extra penny for the gorgeous flower show! I had to make myself stop taking pictures of roses because I was running out of storage space. Really, anywhere I looked something was blooming. The medians and sides of roads generally weren't mowed. There were wildflowers [...]
Recently, it was time to divide and repot my houseplants. I love having growing things in my house. Not all of them stay alive, but many of them do. I'm also lucky enough to have family and friends who also enjoy houseplants. Even if one of my plants doesn't make it, there is a good [...]
There are days that try a gardener's patience. I've spent several weeks caring for a sunflower seedling (the only one to sprout from the seeds which had matured enough from the sunflower last year). I had the seedling covered with a little wire cage, then a bigger one, then a net as it grew to [...]
In August, I decided to take advantage of a nice evening and gather some wildflower while they were still available. I obtained a flower press at a yard sale last year, but hadn't had an opportunity to use it yet. The instructions said to gather mid afternoon on a completely dry day. Well, I can't [...]
This year, as most of the house projects were complete, I had more time to invest in the garden. In the spring, I pulled up the rest of the fast-growing vinca (which is pretty for places where not much else will grow but a waste in a full-sun plot) and began to move around and [...]
I am a gracious garden queen. My words bring life. Sprouts leaf and green. I raise one up, I cut one low, Instruct the vines which way to grow. Break up the quarrels, bind lovers, Entwine the roses in bowers, Cast out the rebels from the plot, Refresh their thirst, remove the rot. There’s dirt [...]
"Spare us, gentle queen!" Yellow-headed rogues grovel. "Fie! Off with their heads!"
I have helped keep the weeds at bay in my school’s garden for several years now. I often pull a few weeds when I’m passing through (it is conveniently between my classroom and teacher’s lounge), but I sometimes do more significant weeding. Sometimes my students help me which is always cute (and occasionally helpful). They [...]
I know all too soon the weather will turn cold, nights will be dark and long, and the possibility of quarantine or lockdown looms over our heads. Yesterday, however, the weather was beautiful, the sun was shining, and some beautiful autumn foliage still hung in the trees. I went outside to do some chores and [...]
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