With several inches of snow on the ground, below freezing temperatures and days that the roads are so icy I won’t venture out even to get the mail – I really miss being outside. My three year old wants to play in the snow so badly, but when temps are subzero and I have an …
Nostalgia for the Ground
With below zero temperatures, several inches of snow on the ground and a newborn to take care of that keeps me inside all the time – I am seriously missing playing in the dirt. Now that my pregnancy is over and my body is feeling more normal than it has in 9 months I want …
Nature Braving the Cold
In the past few weeks we have had incredible ups and downs in temperature. Since about the 8th of November it’s been mostly down, way down. The week before it was in the 60s and 70s and then January came out of nowhere. Nights have been down in the 20s and our heating system in …
Why I Joined the National Arbor Day Foundation
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved trees. My father’s house is on a four acre lot that was pretty much naked when he bought it save for the house and the barn. He had a pond put in and over the years has planted hundreds of trees. Evergreens like Blue Spruce …
Freedom Gardens New Gardening Site
This site, FreedomGardens.org, is mostly new to me. Our friends at New York Renovators blog joined and when I read their post it moved me to sign on too. The premise of this site is to encourage families all over the US and the world to become more self sustaining – at least as regards …
A Day of Indian Summer
October is teasing me! Yesterday when I couldn’t be home it was nice and warm and would have been a perfect day to get some of my fall gardening tasks completed. It got up to a high of 85 degrees F and was slightly breezy. At least I got my hubby to get me a …
The Weather Has Turned – Are You Still Gardening?
The weather has turned colder. It’s as if the calendar told the weather, “Hey, it’s October. It’s time to get cold.” And it certainly did. We went from a balmy 80 the week before to mid 50s and low 60s all last week. There is hope for 70 degree weather this week which would be …
Cleaning Up the Yard
After a month of no rain and no energy on my part the yard looks terrible. My husband has either been working or had plans every weekend so he hasn’t been much help either. So, even with my 6 month pregnant belly I decided to tackle some much needed yard clean up tasks. We have …
It’s Starting to Feel Like Fall
Most of the month of August and the first half of September were unbearably hot and dry during the days. As September approached you could feel the air cool nicely in the evenings which made it comfortable to sit outside by a fire. Talk about good camping weather. Over Labor Day weekend we spent some …
Finally, some rain. Ahhhhhhhhhh :-)
It has been at least a couple of weeks since we have had any significant rainfall. And it’s been hot, really hot. With temps up in the 90s and little cloud cover of breeze the afternoons and sometimes even the mornings and evenings have been unbearable. Thank goodness for central air. The poor plants have …