I took cuttings from the bushes in the front yard to make new plants for the backyard. I mixed more manure into the garden and sowed seeds in the garden for lettuce, green onions, parsley, mache (corn salad), sorrel, snow peas, spinach, chives, and nasturtiums. I transplanted lettuce seedlings that had self-seeded in a corner…
We woke up at 4 a.m. to gunshots and sirens. The night before last, there were sirens and three helicopters nearby for over an hour. While we normally hear sirens going by and see helicopters passing by several times a week, we don’t usually hear them hanging out near here for what is obviously a…
Reading each of your comments this week has been amazing. It really puts one’s life into perspective when you read about the challenges of others! Thank you all for sharing! Today, I am thankful that the weather is not cooling yet as was predicted a week ago, but is instead staying just perfect. It’s the…
Today I am thankful that the Swiss chard and lettuce seeds that I sowed in the garden last week are germinating! What are you thankful for today?
I’m thankful that I took the time on Monday to encourage an online friend who was feeling very down. I asked her how she was feeling on Tuesday and she said she was feeling much better. Yesterday, her husband posted on her Facebook account that she had a heart attack and was in the hospital….
I’m thankful that I’ve always been a morning person. My mother tells me that when I was a little over a year old, I would climb up and jump out of my crib every morning at 4 a.m. I was ready to start the day! Getting up early in the morning affords me the opportunity…
I saw something recently that asked the question, “What do you have today that you prayed for in the past?” It really struck me, because there are many things that I have enjoyed this year that I did not have in years past, as the budget did not allow for it. I thought about the…
Each year in November, I post each day something for which I am feeling thankful that day, and invite my readers to think of something for which they are also grateful. It can be small or large. I find that having a grateful heart helps one to feel more satisfied with life. Today, I am…
I harvested butternut squash, watermelon, Swiss chard, and peppermint from the garden. I sowed seeds in the garden for lettuce, green onions, Swiss chard, and poppies. I bought fall annuals on sale at the local nursery. I checked their ads on their app (they run Friday through Wednesday) and bought several of the flowers I…
I harvested basil, mint, lemon verbena, a watermelon, and a large zucchini from the garden. The watermelon is an open-pollinated type, so I saved the seeds to plant next year. I haven’t grown watermelon for a long time, and the seeds I planted earlier this year were quite old, but they still grew. My children…
Each year, right around the last day of October, a great wind comes in and the temperatures drop. This year, the wind showed up much earlier than normal. It included a bit of rain (something we don’t usually get in October) and even snow on the mountains, something I have never seen in October! The…
I harvested mint and one large zucchini from the garden. We used it to make zucchini potato pancakes. My husband gave me a haircut and cut his own hair as well. My husband continued welding the large rose arbor for my climbing roses. Having a custom piece made for our garden would cost thousands of…