Organizing Theory & Artistry
There are numerous areas of my garden which require attention. This weekend I tackled one. Sometimes it helps me stay motivated to break down a complex task into defined steps and track my project in a before and after. So while this post is really …
Know any funny stories about gardening? No? I didn’t either until this weekend. Gardening seems a sort of meditative, serious type of practice but I have found there is a lot of humor in it too. Take for example, my recent experience with the Ruby …
Lately around our house we have an abundance of life. We have huge azaleas, rhododenrons and peonies in an overwhelming, almost desperate, bloom.
This week, I was taking out the garbage one evening and in the short walk out the back door to the garbage can, a lizard scurried under the steps, large moths were fluttering in the darkness and a frog hopped out of the way of my path to rest on our garden hose. After dumping the trash, I caught something out of the corner of my eye near my foot. As I stooped to inspect, I found a large brown spider carrying an egg sac!
It felt like these creatures were saying to me:
It made me stop to realize how important this time of year is for almost every other life form. Whether they survive next year depends on what happens right now.
It’s the kind of realization that makes you feel very small . . . and a bit claustrophobic too!
In my garden, sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between the small plants that are still getting established and the weeds! To both help myself and clarify the situation for visitors, I wanted to create some plant markers that would be both …
If you are surprised that today is the first day of May (May!), join the club! April for us was jam-packed and flew by altogether too fast. Easter, Spring Break, dog sitting, boom, end of the month! Sadly, I am nowhere near done with what …