Nature Journal
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September Is the State of My Heart…perhaps yours, too.
Hello, September! How I love this month in the garden!! It’s never been quite so colorful and vibrant as it has this year–what a treat! And yet, the September garden still looks tired, gangly, tall in spirit, gloriously spent, happy, sparse, messy and abundant all at once. If ever a month depicted the state of… Continue reading
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Prelude – a poem for the days between summer & autumn
Say whatever you will about August not being autumn, (you’re right). But I have spent yearsstudying the subtle shift in its great light,the softer sun in itslate skythe sound of acornslanding from old, stalwartoaks,the children standingin the pathway, delighted,as leaves in the opening numberfall, the first to relinquish,a lecture in courage,I hear this loudand clear.… Continue reading
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Summer Wildflower Tour
If you want to start a garden but don’t know how to start… The solution is simple. Find a flower pot or purchase a simple raised flowerbed and throw wildflowers atop the soil like a blanket. Then? Toss soil over the top of those seeds for a light covering and soak in with water Viola!… Continue reading
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Life Lately as a Gardener, Writer, and Mom
Since I wrote last the irses have bloomed in the garden, we’ve plucked a few fresh strawberries, the roses continue bountifully, and my “everything” flowerbed is filling out. Just yesterday morning I noticed the first blooms on one of my hollyhocks! The stalk is so bent over and so lopsided that the deep purple blooms… Continue reading
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