It snowed about 7 inches last night, and it's still coming down. We had a two day reprieve from the cold with spring-like temperatures and a plethora of sunshine which got me dreaming of spring and all of our fruit trees blossoming. These are apple blossoms from one of our three apple trees. They start …
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Daily Delight: The Ritual of Plant Watering
There's something about the nightly ritual of filling up a large container to the brim with water and nourishment for my plant babies. Then carting it around the house, filling the pots with one hand and picking off browning parts of the plant with the other hand. After I finish watering the potted plants, I …
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Daily Delight: Picking Blackberries
When Malcolm and I moved into our current house, we inherited many fruit trees, bushes, foliage, etc. (which I wrote about here and here). One of our latest bloomers, the blackberry bush, is finally coming to fruition. It's had several red berries that look like raspberries until you get closer. As the summer is melting …
Daily Delights
For weeks M and I have been anxiously awaiting the ripening of our cherries. We are both new to the several fruit trees that we inherited when we moved into our current house, so we were not sure when the time was right. Pick them too soon and they are small and sour, but pick …
Daily Delights
This weekend was the first weekend warm enough to spend time outside. In desperate need of Vitamin D, M and I turned our flower beds/garden, did some much needed pruning, and relocating some iris bulbs. We brought all of the animals and potted plants outside for some sunshine as well. They were out there until …
Daily Delights
I had such a wonderful dialogue about gardening with a dear friend this week. As our ideas blossomed, so did my ardor for growing my own food. How nuts is it that we think of growing our own food as revolutionary? I mean, have you ever grown a plant with flowers that could sustain you? …
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