A Greener Biener

The question, of course, was the one I posed in a round-about way last week:  How do you protect your sprout-lings from the cold winds that blow? You can plant the seeds. You can nurture the little guys as they poke their heads into the world for the first time. You can shower them with [...]

Oh.  Hello. I didn’t see you there. No, it’s fine.  Of course I didn’t think that just because I took a little time-out that the world should stop turning.  I mean, there are lunches to be made and dictators to topple and yes, teeth will continue to fall out and hey even the sprouts are [...]

This was yesterday. The sun was shining on my hard-working husband as he measured out the twine. It’s all going according to plan…that is, our grand plan for square foot gardening in our brand new sun drenched garden plot. Isn’t that a sight for hyper-organize, Type-A eyes?   All orderly and grid-like and ready for [...]

Despite a decidedly rocky start with rhubarb, I have made a remarkable comeback. Even though I was deceived as a child into believing that my beloved frozen strawberries were in fact rhubarb (and therefore off limits,) I have now gotten to a point where things with scary names aren’t intimidating.  Well, except kohlabi.  Anyone in [...]

Coming back home after eight days away I am hit by one particular fact: my living room smells like dirt.  No, I can’t blame my husband for letting things fall to pot. The kids are in one piece and the house is still standing.  The house smells like dirt in a good way.  Forest path [...]

According to the gardening gurus it’s time to plant potatoes, but all I’m doing is eating a whole lot of doughnuts.  Ahhh, the anti-healthy all-terrible non-nutritional terrific-tasting doughnut.  Nothing takes the sting out of stress like a deep friend treat dipped in chocolate.  And I’ve been a bit stressed lately, what with my eight year-old [...]

Sometimes nature is cruel. Other times, while it’d be an exaggeration to call nature cruel, she’s not exactly helping things by subtly antagonizing the underlying issues of sibling rivalry. Thanks, nature, for this.  One more reason to pit sister against sister in the eternal contest for who is best. Allow me to settle the question [...]

Yeah, that one. The one planning for a flowering spring. The one with a song in her heart and a belief in the future. The one dancing with hope. That’s me, really. With just a few tweaks to the old personality. I am not known for having patience. A fondness for delayed gratification didn’t make [...]