With the dog-days of summer, arrives one of the season’s favorite treats: homegrown, juicy, colorful, sweet and ever-so flavorful tomatoes!!! Around planting time in the spring, I always promise myself to not plant too many tomatoes that year. Most seasons, I end up with a tomato […]
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Beets all Salads!
I love beets! Red, golden, white and the candy cane striped Chioggia ones. Beets are delicious cooked, roasted and even raw. Here are some ideas for some different salads! Golden Beet Salad 6 to 8 medium sized golden beets 1 to 2 teaspoons toasted sesame […]
Sublime Springtime
Azure Bee Bliss Sage Chartreuse Daffodils Emerald Frogs Hopping Iridescent Jade-green Kale Leaves Misty Nippy Overnights Peonies Quietly Re-emerging Showy Tulips Upright Vigorous Witch hazel Xanthous Yellow as we eagerly zing into spring.
Avian Food Bank
Morning, noon and night, Much to my delight, The suet, the seed and the water fountain, Turn me into a binoculared spectator on the mountain. Keeping an eye on the happenings out back, These fine feathered friends sure demand their snacks! Solitary warbler dressed […]
Now you see me … Now you don’t…
They are heard before they are seen. Flying by at neck-breaking speed; with the steady hum of their rapidly beating wings; they always seem to be in a hurry; sampling a sip of nectar here, and another sip there. Suddenly a competitor arrives and the battle […]
After the Rain…. Sunshine and Color
We’ve had a most unusual winter here in Oregon. Lots of sun, warm temperatures and very little rain and mountain snow. Until yesterday! A “pineapple express” came through over the weekend. Gusty winds carried all kinds of debris into our yard and knocked out the power […]
Green Thumb! It’s in my DNA.
As a child, I hated the idea of helping in our garden. My dad however, was an avid gardener. He could grow just about anything: beautiful flowers, tasty fruits, vegetables and berries. There were two greenhouses in the yard, both built from scratch, using recycled […]
Spring has Sprung
It has been a most unusual winter here. Not very cold and there has definitely been more sunshine than rain in this neck of the woods. Early signs of spring are everywhere. I just hope we won’t get any hard freezes. Yesterday I planted a […]
Robins in my Cherry Tree
The dwarf cherry trees I had planted outside my bedroom window were supposed to get only 6 feet tall. Before long, they were towering giants. Early June one year, I noticed a robin build a nest. She constructed it directly in front of the window […]
in cahoots with muddy boots 