I talked with my husband in Ohio and it is still raining, and quite cool. He heard the farmers have only a small fraction of their fields planted with the corn crop. People aren’t able to keep up with the mowing either, although that is a lesser problem. There are a number of problems for […]
year in review
Rural Report Spring 2011
Here in Ohio, we couldn’t wait for spring to get here. We complained about the long winter and the uncommonly frequent snowfall. We fairly longed for spring, more than the usual, and sent each other encouraging reminders and photos to keep each other’s spirits up. And then Spring arrived… but not as we imagined or […]
Soaking Wet Ground
Cold Climate Gardening’s Kathy Purdy calls it The Mud Season, and it has hit Ohio with a vengeance this year. Right now in our area it is more like Pond Season which will morph into Mud Season. For mommies, that means trying to stave off the inevitable tracks through the house. Mats at the door, […]
Expectedly, We Re-entered Winter
I hope no one else in Ohio is disappointed, since there is no real end of winter weather here before April, and last blasts of it can happen into May. I look outside onto snow frosted fields, the upturned furrows breaking the surface are like a choppy sea. More winter storms are coming this week, […]
The Night The Ice Fell
“It was a dark and stormy night”… is how my uncle jokingly started the telling of some family history as we sat in the living room, all fully aware of the storm predictions and awaiting the next sidewalk report from my husband’s periodical trek to get the next load of wood for our stove. The […]
The Central Ohio Garden Show in Columbus
Hocking Hills Garden has a “pretty in pink” look I notice that LonaDawn of Hocking Hills Garden has a post up announcing this years garden show. It is “scheduled for February 26 through March 6 in Columbus will be held at the Ohio Expo Center.” Her pictures are always terrific, go see some views she […]
