The wedding flowers turned out beautifully, the only thing wanting was a pair of extra hands or two….. because doing the floral work for a wedding is a very big job! I worked like crazy, and I’ll have to say more about the details later, but I wanted to recommend two of the most helpful […]
Armchair Gardening
Garden Blogs
I fattened up my blogroll by spending an unconscionable amount of time on blogshares. I found a few good ones, while looking through many that are empty space pretty much. Many haven’t been updated since 2003. On the one hand I understand. It is hard to write about gardening and actually do it. Especially on […]
Garden Prayer
Autumn Prayer Be the Gardener of my Soul Spirit of the living God, be the Gardener of my soul. For so long I have been waiting, silent and still – experiencing a winter of the soul. But now, in the strong name of Jesus Christ, I dare to ask: Clear away the dead growth of […]
Autumn, Rest and Reaping
As Hurricane Ivan pushed through the Southern states, we were grazed with some rain, wind, and cooler temperatures. Pretty normal, really, and in sharp contrast to the very harsh circumstances that so many people have to face in rebuilding their lives and homes. Sometimes it makes me feel guilty that I worry about my little […]
Picture This
Trite title I know, but after having alluded to the fact that I was trying to use my digital camera, and years of promising that I would post pics of the garden on the web, I now have a small selection of results. I am no photographer and I don’t have pics of the garden […]
Garden Taste Test
This came by way of Cold Climate Gardener, K. Purdy, who found it on the Bookish Gardener. I bolded the preferences I have: Gardeners! 1. Lilies: oriental or asiatic? 2. No-till or till? 3. Bare hands or garden gloves? 4. Garden tchotchkes, no or yes? ( I had to look this up… I would’ve […]
