A tangled, thorny mess!
It’s March … and time once again to get outside and do some yard work! Last Wednesday (March 1) the sun came out briefly while I was outside waging war on the blackberry vines. In awe of the…
Blessings in the Dirt: God designed seeds to sprout!
On Monday I came across the most amazing ice crystals in the garden when I went out to spread used coffee grounds. I was “oooo’ing” and “aahhhh’ing” and taking lots of photos, and I didn’t even notice until…
Blessings in the dirt: Purpose … in every season!
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to pop into Starbucks to get a drink. And lo and behold, there by the front door, the “Grounds for the Garden” tub actually had a bag of used coffee grounds! Check that…
Blessings in the dirt: God’s glory is there … in every season!
Our temps were down in the 20’s yesterday. I went out in the crisp cold afternoon to sprinkle my “prize” of used coffee grounds on the garden (that’s a blessing I’ll write about tomorrow!). As I was having…
Something to disdain? … or a blessing??
On the forested property where hubby and I live there is a wide variety of shrubby groundcover and undergrowth: sword ferns, deer ferns, bracken ferns, Oregon grape, salal … … salmonberry bushes (which I call “nasty prickle bushes”…
Seeds for the future!
In today’s background photo you can see the 50 Pacific Dogwood trees hubby and I are planting this fall. Dogwood trees take a long time to grow! Years! According to Google, it takes 18 months (or more) just…
Footprints Across the Soul – Water plants in a cobalt-blue jar
Throughout my daughter’s high school years she worked in the dining room of an Assisted Living place. Here she developed many close friendships with many dear people. This cobalt-blue jar with water plants was a gift to my…
Iris Blessings
I was sitting calmly on the back deck enjoying the sunshine when the gravel on the front drive crunched … then the doorbell rang. Much to my surprise it was my neighbor down the street, whom I had…
Footprints Across the Soul – Blooms!
This beautiful, variegated rose is “footprints across my soul” … precious memories of dear friends, and the wonderful times we have had together! Our friends brought this small rose over to us as a gift one evening, when…
On the shelf
This past February I came across this wonderful set of garden pruners and shears at Costco. We could most certainly use those! The blackberry briars, sticker bushes, and Big Leaf Maple shoots are aggressively trying to overrun the…