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The Garden Awakes
Hello spring, true spring, the spring we thought may never come! Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged apple blossom, asparagus, beauty, climate, DIY, flower, flowers, food, garden, gardening, grow your own, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, Ohio, photography, Suburban garden, suburban gardening, tomatoes, urban gardening, weather
19 Comments
Silent Sunday
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Tagged dogwood, flowering trees, flowers, gardening, nature, photography, silent sunday, spring
5 Comments
April the Cruel
T.S. Eliot opined: “April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” But while certainly occasionally cruel, April has a gentle side as well, tempering thunderstorms and late … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged april, flowers, garden, gardening, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, nature, photography, spring, weather
24 Comments
November’s Welcome
Sometimes, in our share of the Ohio River Valley, summer slams into winter without much autumn to buffer the shock. September and October days that seem more June-like keep us in shorts and flip-flops. Our sweaters pine away in the … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, beauty, climate, fall, family, flower, flowers, food, fruit, garden, gardening, halloween, joy, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, kids, life, nature, nostalgia, november, october, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, padron peppers, parenting, pepper, peppers, photography, rain, recipe, Suburban garden, suburban gardening, sustainability, vegetables, weather, Winter
13 Comments
September Means Sunflowers and Salsas
Summer has slipped into September, which means cool weather will soon descend on our part of the Ohio River Valley. We still have 3 more weeks until the Autumnal Equinox, but (probably due to wishful thinking) I’m pretty sure I … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged autumn, flower, flowers, food, gardening, heirloom tomatoes, Kentucky, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, photography, suburban gardening, tomatoes, weather
22 Comments
As Summer Slips Away
Summer loosens her grip on us reluctantly in our part of Kentucky, snug on the southern shores of the Ohio River Valley. The heat and humidity claw at us through the month of August and well into September. Occasionally, though, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged backyard, bees, beneficial insect, bugs, compost, cucumber, daisy, Eleanor Perenyi, Ernest Dowson, fall, farming, flower, flower garden, flower gardening, flowers, garden, gardening, gardening tips, heirloom, heirloom tomato, Kentucky, lemon cucumber, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, photography, propagate, straw bale gardening, summer, sunflower, sustainability, tomato, tomatoes, vegetable, vegetable garden, zinnia
28 Comments
Cherry Blossoms & Blackberry Winter
Our Weeping Cherry is waking the bees from their winter slumber and tempting us into the garden. A string of warm days sends us, pell-mell, to the the garden store, for (at least) a little window shopping And although we’re sorely … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged backyard, Blackberry Winter, cherry blossom, farming, flower, flower garden, flower gardening, flowers, garden, garden store, gardening, gardening tips, Kentucky, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, photography, seed catalogs, spring, vegetable, vegetable garden, Winter
36 Comments
Spring Stirs From Her Slumber-Wordless Wednesday
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Tagged beneficial insect, flower garden, flower gardening, flowering shrubs, flowers, Forsythia, gardening, ladybug, spring, suburban gardening, sustainability
13 Comments
Spring Foreshadows
Slowly we’re shaking off the effects of our winter hibernation, walking outside to sniff the air to see if we can detect any signs of spring. Some days it feels like yes. Some days, no. That’s part of the joy … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, farming, flower, flower garden, flower gardening, flowers, garden, gardening, gardening tips, Kentucky, Kentucky urban farming, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, photography, spring, Suburban garden, suburban gardening, urban gardening, vegetable garden, weather
25 Comments
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