gardening
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Planting Sunflowers by Moonlight
Here’s the story. Around 9:45 P.M. on Sunday night I had the sudden impulse to plant sunflowers seeds. (We are a couple weeks past when we usually do it!) Ben easily convinced me that it was late and we should just do that the next evening. No argument from me. It WAS rather late to… Continue reading
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The Grace of God in Seasons of Pain
New Year 2024 found me frustrated, restless, and burnt out. I processed through much of that by March of 2024 and was feeling more settled. Mere weeks later I would discover I was pregnant, then April came in swinging with tough stuff. There was a time in April last year that the cheerful and beautiful birdsong felt… Continue reading
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Garden Fairies Go Autumn Foraging (and you can too)
The garden fairies at Green Fables had a fabulous summer settling into their new home. They aren’t always easy to spot but around the time autumn is turning the corner you catch sight of them more often as they forage for pumpkins and acorns and bouquets of mums to decorate their fairy house and celebrate… Continue reading
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Before I Turn 30 – some thoughts
I came home to my son standing soaked in the garden. The sprinklers shooting into the air and falling in that back and forth rhythm. His smile was wide. My husband was watering the sunflowers and soon my daugther, also soaked by garden sprinklers–our little water baby–would come to say hello. I’d hug my happy,… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 