inSpirations and inSights on my pebbled garden path…
Just take a look around and you may agree --- this summer has been the exclamation point on climate change. I fear the daily torrential rains, flooding, high humidity and disease carrying bugs are replacing the usual summers I've loved in the past. Spring has been moving out the last few years. Summer is packing …
There's no denying Mother Nature is off balance and the world seems like it's upside down. If you want to get a better handle on this and understand the darker sides of climate change, make the effort to see "The Truth has Changed."  It validates the reality of the global weather changes you are seeing …
To retain my sanity and keep stress levels down, I take "news" (aka usually anxiety-producing biased content) in tidbits (not tweets) --- morsels that are still so disturbing I cannot linger long. Excessive hurricanes, fires, flooding; power cuts and flight cancellations due to excessive heat; people rushed to emergency rooms for heat exhaustion and dying …
The whole is some of everything if we but open our eyes to see. Growing pains do not require suffering. Pruning encourages growth. Endings are beginnings. Instead of shooing away challenges welcome the fortitude of character as an expansive, cleansing belly breath. Out. In. Up. Down. We are the sum of everything --- life experiences, …
Knowing it takes three years to harvest, I delayed growing asparagus for decades. Three years ago it was now or never. I didn't really know what I was doing but, as usual, I learned a lot in the process. Now, I've been harvesting spears for the last six weeks and more keep coming! Asparagus Tips (Inedible) …
Digging in the dirt...unearthing rocks, weeds, my thoughts turn to life's struggles...times my heart was breaking and I did not see a way out, a reasonable solution, how to get past the pain of the moment. Not knowing what else to do, I dug in the dirt. I weeded. I carried rocks. Pails of small …
A joyous heart in newfound love... Â Opens freely... paying no attention to shadowed pretense and allusion... until reckless carelessness taints the heart and withers the spirit... leaving only an apparition, a ghostly memory of beguiled love.
I hadn’t realized pollinator week is upon us but am acutely (and sadly) aware that most of the honey — even “organic,” is being reported to be contaminated with the glyphosate of Monsanto’s Roundup.
It’s pleasing to see more people interested in honeybee production but we need to do more — via planting and becoming more vocal — to help these bees stay busy and thrive. I’ve reblogged this post “All the Buzz about Bees” to see what you can do at home to help them.P.S. to this post…link to the EU “banning” bee-harming pesticides. America can learn a lot from the EU’s approach to heathy living.
It’s a busy time of year for everyone: spring gardening, spring cleaning, graduations, end-of-year award ceremonies, holiday travel, and a whole lot of other happenings.
My photo of article in Midtown magazine. Photo of bee on flower by Matt Williams.
I’ve been busy working on several upcoming article assignments, and that’s the reason for my lack of writing a recent blog post. So, I thought I’d share an article I wrote for the current issue of Midtown magazine. It’s on a subject that’s near and dear to my heart, pollinators, specifically honeybees (Apis mellifera). Their numbers have been declining due to several reasons, most notably Varroa mite infestation. There is encouraging news, though. Some local beekeepers are starting to see an increase in their colonies. What can home gardeners do to help? Read more about it in my most recent article appearing in the May/June issue of Midtown…
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