Musings on horticultural therapy and the soothing effects of plants and nature
After biking 46 miles against the wind yesterday, the last thing that Ted and I want is another long day. But that is what we get with today’s 50-mile effort. Still, we are enjoying the ride and how our bodies are adapting to biking life. Leaving the MacNamara B&B, where Ted and I had a […]
Leaving Smiths Falls after a hearty breakfast, it takes us a while to get to the beginning of the Ottawa River Valley Trail (OVRT). We make an easy mistake, first entering a storage-unit property but soon find our way to the OVRT. The first thing we notice is that a myriad of wildflowers, the dominant […]
The start of Le Tour du Geezers is an uneventful and quick car drive of 400 miles. The skies clear as we traverse the Canadian border and the final 50 miles is through bucolic hay and corn fields. The rear of a caboose at the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario is where I will be […]
The last two months have been unseasonably cold, which meant all of my Autumn efforts (at least for now) to harvest greens and herbs from the cold frames this Winter have been for nought. They can take episodic temperature drops into the teens, but not consistent sub-freezing temperatures below 0 degrees. (I am hoping that […]