Handyman has been repurposing. repurposing is close to my heart because it fulfills all those frugal plans that I coddle in my dream plans of being the most virtuous wife, ever. I know that isn’t on the list of people around me, but it does sometimes translate into saving money. For things that they would […]
Garden Stories and Memories
Some Thoughts
I’ve been online a while writing garden articles, first in my geocities free website (which is no more- although it is on the “wayback machine”). One of the early fellow garden writers I had enjoyed was Turning Earth. Do any of you know her through her site? Today I came across a reference to those […]
thoughts: one gardener’s journey
i once had almost an acre in vegetable gardens. i built and dug in at least 3 large compost piles a year and planned and double-dug and built up so many raised beds. i worked out there hours every day, getting tired and dirty….i loved it. i grew or tried to grow everything i fancied […]
Garden Meme- ory
Dear Friends…do try your hand at the Garden Haiku, and in the meantime I will attempt to follow Mr.Mcgregor’s Daughter invitation to a meme she proposed in July. For me this is the time for this meme which asks for a recount of this years best and worst annuals.Of course I will tweak it a […]
Live and Learn: Things This Garden Taught Me
My city garden taught me that I could make a beautiful garden, and it had shown me my reach. This garden had shown me my grasp, and it has also shown me my limits and foolishness. Those were good things to learn from a garden, which also tempers its hard lessons with golden moments of […]
My Rural Garden
Or How I Got To Be Here …it all begins somewhere.I had been gardening in the city for some years. I don’t remember ever wishing to move into a country place, particularly, but my city neighborhood was deteriorating and my family size was increasing. My interest in history, and then gardening, began to branch towards […]
