The Light and the Dark
Today is the autumnal equinox, the astronomical beginning of autumn. It's also Mabon, one of the modern pagan festivals honoring the...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20222 min read
The Lazy Gardener's Guide to Slow Composting
So, here's the thing: stuff decomposes. Before there were gardeners, or gardens, or heck, before there were people, plant matter was...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Last Dance
Last night our local weather man dropped the news: the first freezing cold of the season would be here next Wednesday night. As if it had...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Outside
So many aspects of modern life feel like getting a fire hose blast to the face--overwhelming rivers of terrible news offered up alongside...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Species Update
For those following along at home, I've updated the species lists with a few months' worth of observations. There are new entries in...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
8.48" in 24 Hours
As I've grown older I've come to appreciate the all the beauty in the natural world, even the wet stuff. It's damned inconvenient for...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Before the Storm
Rough weather is predicted for our area today, but before it arrived, I took my camera on a quick walk around the garden.
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20222 min read
La Vie En Rose
Peggy Martin roses are wonderful climbers, with long, sturdy canes perfectly suited for training along espalier wires. They're tough as...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
The Garden in June
Summer is such a busy time in the garden, especially with regards to the vegetable patch. We've spent the last few weeks frantically...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Underwhelmed.
In this week's episode I head outdoors and in less than five minutes realize that I'm mysteriously covered in fire ants from head to toe....
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
A Little Wild
Every year in spring I tend to let the garden go a little wild. While my neighbors are pulling out their lawnmowers to tame the quickly...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Snow
A rare snow day yesterday, the first since we moved here five years ago, and the woods were as beautiful as I'd imagined them to be. It...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
"Long as I Remember, the Rain Been Coming Down"
Another week spent hunkered down, bracing for what might or might not be a horrible natural disaster. Last year at this time we were...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Butterfly Time
Most people think of spring as butterfly time. And while we do get some Lepidopteran visitors, late summer and autumn are my favorite...
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Strawberries Love Pine Straw
I've added pine straw to the (former) herb spiral in preparation for the planting of strawberries this fall.
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Lynette Mejia
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Going Native
As far as gardening in the traditional sense goes, the soil here is terrible. Thick, heavy, black swamp clay, it's dense enough to hold...
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