A few months ago I joined a Master Gardeners class offered by my local extension office. It takes place in a building that used to be part of a camp I once attended. It was used as a mess hall and once a week a dance hall for the camping kids. During classes I sitContinue reading “Garden Club”
Category Archives: Greenthumb
Seed Starter
(A poem I wrote while starting seeds with my toddler) I love the feeling of seed starter dirt. All loamy and grit. Pulling apart tiny seeds so small they fit inside my fingernail tip, this might be a meal come late summer. I tell my boy, Dig into the dirt. Feel it on your tinyContinue reading “Seed Starter”
Garden Growth
I’ve really fallen in love with gardening this year. It has truly been my escape through all this craziness. I love walking into the garden to see the hummingbirds and butterflies fluttering around the patch of zinnias and sunflowers. I love plucking fresh okra, cucumbers, tomatoes and squash off the vine. I’m excited to seeContinue reading “Garden Growth”
Garden Thoughts…
I’m up late trying to plan out my garden for the year. I’ve already planted a small salad garden in an old kiddie pool, and a cooler weather garden in a pallet raised bed (peas, onions, carrots, radishes, and cabbage). I’m also trying to test my luck with growing potatoes in laundry baskets as wellContinue reading “Garden Thoughts…”
A Hermitess 