Lammas Tide Comes

Once again, the wheel of the year has rolled around and the First Harvest celebration is upon us. Many folks call it Lammas and celebrate August 1. I call it First Harvest and consider it a "tide" as opposed to a single day, though I will make a celebratory meal at some point this week.Here …

Two Days In — Reflections

It was strange -- and wonderful -- to awaken early Sunday, but not by the alarm, and instead of heading off to do mindless commerce I headed out to the critters and the garden and picked like a madwoman... peas and dye flowers and lettuces for the pot luck later in the day and parsley... …

A New Chapter Begins

Not just turning the page this weekend, but starting to write a whole new chapter in the book of my life, as it were.Today was my last day on the job in town. Normally I don't work with music -- at least not extra music... there is always some sort of sound going in the …

Hexen, Hummers, Peas Oh My!

24" Inspiration signI recently shipped two more hex signs and the customer for the Inspiration sign gladly shared a photo of it. While most are mounted at the peak of a building, that is not the ONLY place they can be hung, as this sign shows. It's mounted on the folks privacy fence!On the garden …

Year of Transition Coming to a Dramatic Conclusion

With little more than one week left in the slightly shortened Year of Transition, things may be moving to a much more dramatic conclusion than I had expected.On the town job front,  I am once again amazed to discover that my intuition was spot on in the timing of my retirement... both the original timing …

Real Life Gardening 002

I said I would publish updates, and so I shall.Despite a comment that I received on Facebook, I did not just "plant it and walk away" but have been weeding in the rows by hand and between the rows have been worked with the tractor where possible. A spring tooth harrow does NOT remove every …

Real Life Gardening 001

I often don't take photos of my garden through the year, because, honestly, though it manages to provide us with lots of food, it looks like crap.My main garden, for those of you readers who haven't been following, is approximately 100 foot square. Probably larger, though I haven't gotten a tape measure out there. Who …