If flowers can
teach themselves
how to bloom after
winter passes,
so can you.
~ Noor Shirazie, Springtime Continue reading “Springtime”
Category: Behind the Scenes
The other bits that help the garden grow.
Weekly Site Changes: March 20th-26th, 2021
As I write this, I feel the ghosts of poorly planned gardens in the past breathing down my neck and judging me. I’m at the point of the year when I will once again need to both actually be gardening as I also keep posting. I’ve not yet perfected the art of being consistent with both at the same time, and as I glance over the site fix To Do List which is awesome to behold in its own right, I am girding myself for the inevitable days ahead when I will have to remember that winter doldrum dally time is over and focus on what it’s really time to do!
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Wild Wednesdays: Northern highbush blueberry
Welcome to the first installment of Wild Wednesdays! This week I’ll be sharing info I’ve learned about the Northern highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum. It’s the first berry plant we bought for our garden back in 2017. Continue reading “Wild Wednesdays: Northern highbush blueberry”
Remember The 2 Hour Garden book?
I fell in love with this book when I first borrowed it from our local library. Yes, it was older and a handful of practices within it had since been improved upon within gardening communities, but more often than not, the lessons and strategies within were still sound. When I realized how many times I was borrowing it, I tracked down a copy and bought it. Continue reading “Remember The 2 Hour Garden book?”
Weekly Site Changes: March 13th-19th, 2021
Oh, the pitfalls of depending on common sense being common. Once upon a time a free WP migration to self host was easy peasy to do via file transfers. Things have since changed, and this move was fraught with hiccups and annoyances that are still eating up precious spare time I’d rather be spending on other site changes. Still, it’s gotta get done.
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I see you shiver with ant…
It took me a while before I started to feel like the conspiracy board meme guy, but all through this week ants just keep showing up in my life. Continue reading “I see you shiver with ant…”
Online presentation: Drawing on Birds: Comics, Science, and Sharing Nature
I was lucky to catch a tweet just in time to attend a live online event held two nights ago by the North Branch Nature Center up in Vermont. I wasn’t aware of that organization prior, so I’m glad I saw the notice. I’m also happy to say, if you missed it live, you can still watch it!
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Rough draft of our garden plans for 2021
If I have learned anything in going on four years of trying my hand at gardening, it’s that it’s not hard for me to come up with plans. What’s hard is narrowing down those plans to a realistic list. So I’m going to try something new this year, which I hope will help us best whittle down our To Do List—which is still awesome to behold.
[Courtesy Notice: This is one of my long rambles so you might want to grab a beverage/snack beforehand.] Continue reading “Rough draft of our garden plans for 2021”
Wild Wednesdays: a new series on plants native to my area
One of the ideas I’ve been mulling over this winter is how to help promote the use of native plants in folks’ gardens. The hardest part of that for me is knowing more about the native plants here in Gardner, MA. That is what the hold up was when I first thought up the notion a few years ago. How could I ever find the time to research them weekly? Continue reading “Wild Wednesdays: a new series on plants native to my area”