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Kindness In Trying Times
I have never felt more a member of my community than now, when none of us can get together. Last week I posted a question on our community Facebook page. I have a diagnosis that puts me in a risk...
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Yonder Basement Window Glows Strangely Pink
We have been starting seeds indoors for decades. There’s something enormously heartening about tucking tiny seeds into pots while March winds howl outside. In a few months those pale specks will result...
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Eat The Raspberries
My oldest and his wife offered freshly harvested raspberries. My next oldest went over to pick them up and drop them here. Eight pints of beautiful berries! Although I power through lot of vegetables,...
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Canning, Drying, Freezing- Oh My!
There’s no satisfaction quite like putting food by, especially food you’ve grown. Simply opening cupboards filled with gleaming Mason jars is a visual feast. This year the pleasure of planting,...
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Boris the Duck Gets By With A Little Help From A Friend
Winter weather is here and we wonder how Boris will fare. Each spring we’re heartened to see wild ducks on our pond. We start to notice personalities as they trek to the seed-scattered ground under...
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Even Frugal Has Limits
I grew up learning to make do or do without. This approach not only saves money, it encourages creative thinking. Okay, it encourages stubbornness too. As a gardener this has taught me a lot. I don’t...
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Bring Back The Sharing Shed
When a friend moved to a small town in Maine, years ago, she enjoyed telling me how different life was there than in Ohio. Of all the contrasts, the two most fascinating to me were direct governance...
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Kiwis Refuse To Procreate
No, not New Zealanders. (Although their birth rates are reportedly lower than ever.) I’m talking about the hardy kiwis we planted seven years ago. These delicate grape tomato-sized fruits are said to...
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Early Autumn
Autumn is my favorite time of year. Time to pay attention, to savor these days of contrast and beauty. Fungi fruits as the day’s hours grow shorter. Flowers and potatoes in our cauldron have only a...
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St. Patrick’s Day & The Plumbing’s Awry
Today has been another of our cherished family Sundays — three generations sharing our various enthusiasms and updates and frustrations together. I don’t make much of St. Patrick’s Day but I did pull...
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