While we feel the burn of these moments, we must have faith in our ability to regenerate along with the world around us, and care about and fight for what we want the future to hold.
Have you allowed some room along the edges of your driveway for a plow truck’s poor aim or salt spray? If not, note now what changes to make in the spring.
The gardening tools from my parents and the values embodied in my father’s family are with me still, and they give me direction about how to move on in challenging times.
Did you know pumpkins were once thought to get rid of freckles and cure snake bites? I will just stick with the power of squash to thicken soups, to add taste to breads, and to flavor excellent pies.
While I fondly remember the summers at our cottage, eating from the vegetable garden, living on corn and tomatoes and anything on the grill, it is the late season harvests of fall that come to mind when I think of my parents.
A lazy gardener can be tempted to ignore leaves on the lawn until each and every one has fallen from the trees, but that strategy makes more work later.
I am reaching that time of year when I try to assess what worked or didn’t work and why. The two to three weeks of temperatures over 90 degrees played a major role.
The Dewey Hall Dalia Festival demonstrated the power of flowers to cast a spell on people captivated by the sheer beauty and range of the varieties of flowers within the genus of Dahlia.