It was still warm and sunny on Sunday when I checked the week’s forecast and saw “FREEZE ADVISORY” for Thursday night, so I cut loads of Rosemary to dry for the winter. My two plants went nuts this summer, having …
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Saturday morning. 41 degrees. The first fleece-and-little-wool-hat morning of the season. My neighbors are gathering for Yom Kippur services at the Temple. One of the cantors is walking along the sidewalk in front of our house, warming up his baritone …
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You know your garden is experiencing an early Fall Flop Over when a bunny rabbit is sniffing a Japanese Anemone blossom. I found both bunny and blossom covered in light dew this morning, on the first day of September, blissfully …
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Very late at night, not quite dawn, the insects shush and the first bird says hello. If your garden is particularly bird friendly, lots of sweet tweeting and chirping and song-of-the-morning bird music greets you before the sun arrives. And …
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If you’ve been out in the garden during our mild spells you may have noticed clumps of rich green, glossy leaves appearing as low carpets in your lawn or flower beds. You may be witnessing lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly …
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The grounds here at the Civic Garden Center are gradually sauntering their way to bed. It’s okay; after a year like this, we’re all tired and many gardeners desire to institute a scorched earth policy in the garden. However, it …
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Yesterday was a perfect gardening day…upper sixties, cool breezes, no mosquitos, softened soil, rain to come the next day, just enough sun…so I got out into my garden to do some clean up and found some surprises. I have become …
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Years ago someone sent me an email titled ‘St. Francis’s Lament’ in which the nature-loving saint bemoans the silliness of replacing natural cycles with our human desires for control and cleanliness. As a modern example he discusses the silliness of …
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Now that the blasted heat has broken and we’ve gotten the start of Fall rains, things have eased, haven’t they? Just yesterday, as I was walking down Vine Street after picking up some art supplies at Suders, I noticed people …
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It is frosty this morning. I live in the city in a sort of protected spot, something we joke about as being “down the rabbit hole” as in Alice in Wonderland, so the first frost here is the second or …
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