Mar 18, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
It was just above 50 degrees the other day so I finished cleaning out the flowerbeds. Although the air was cool, the sun’s warmth allowed me to remove my jacket as I cut the perennials and grasses to the ground. My work was accompanied by the spring mating calls of...
Feb 11, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Feeling stressed about the economy? Go work in your garden. There may still be a snow cover where you live, but getting outdoors will make you feel better. Even though it’s February, there are signs that the weather will soon turn and the landscape will be transformed...
Feb 6, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
It snowed again last week and we all complained. More snow?!? It was a heavy, wet snow, and I was glad that the Maffei guys would be coming to plow my driveway. It has been the pattern that a sodden snow is followed by frigid weather, so everything that is melting...
Feb 1, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
My church recently began a brick walkway fundraiser. The path from the parking lot to the church is being laid with bricks that are engraved with names, dates, or other information that someone feels is important. I ordered two bricks. One says, “Plant a Garden” and...
Jan 25, 2009 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Uncategorized
My first experience with mail order was in the mid-1950’s. In the back of my mother’s magazines I saw a small ad that read, “100 Dolls for $1.00!” A hundred dolls for only a dollar… this was deal that I could not pass up. I found an envelope, put my crumpled dollar...
Jan 21, 2009 | Garden Celebrations, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens
January and February are two of my favorite months. It’s not that I like walking on icy sidewalks or shoveling snow all that much. I just love that it’s time to order seeds, and begin starting them indoors. At the garden center, later in spring, people will ask...
