A lovely moonrise at the beach capped a perfect day with my daughter Sarah and her family.
Moonrise
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Spargel season
It’s asparagus (or spargel in Germany if it is white) season in the garden. I slice the first delicate spear with my Swiss Army Knife and pop it into my mouth. It is delicious and tender needing no cooking. I grab a few others to cut into a salad this evening. Like zucchinis (Cucurbita pepo) […]
Flower Friday
It’s flower Friday again and plants are actively making up for lost time by bursting into bloom daily. Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum): The flowers on the sweet woodruff signify that time to harvest for May wine is past and they are ready to spread actively as a ground cover. Azalea (Rhododendron): This is one of […]
Scented flowers
I never thought violas had much of a scent until I stored four flats of them in my greenhouse prior to a horticultural therapy class. Opening its entrance in the morning, the sweet smell of a fragrant honey fills my lungs with warm, heavily scented air. I close the door enveloped by an ambrosia that […]
Bird watchers
Though it looks like a Baltimore oriole is standing off against a Red-bellied woodpecker, they are just taking their turns at our suet feeder. Given the roaming of momma and two baby bears, the bird feeders are now limited to two small thistle feeders (brought in at night) and suet. I hope I am not […]
Spring foraging
Six easy-to-find edible plants. This time of year is great for foraging greens in New England, particularly if your cultivated ones have yet to pop. Here are six of my favorites that are in my back yard now. Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata): These plants are beginning to bolt with the leaves starting to taste increasingly […]
Flower bouquet
Juana always creates simple and lovely bouquets of flowers from our garden for our house. Given that it is Mother’s Day I need to get out early and freshen up the flowers for her.
Time for pie
Half of the makings for a strawberry-rhubarb pie is one of the first substantial things to emerge from the garden in early Spring. The only compromise is that the strawberries must be store bought for at least another month before they come into their own in my garden. A gentle tug pulls the rhubarb stalks […]
Flower Friday
It is Flower Friday! Here is a sampling of the different flowers that are poking their heads in my garden today. Tulips: Having a fence definitely keeps down the deer from chomping on these tasty treats and luckily the rabbits have been ignoring them so far this season. Lady’s smock (Cardamine pratensis): This lovely little […]