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October 20, 2014
Down to earth — my indoor garden grows
(Originally published October 15, 2014 in EastBayRI newspapers.) What was it I said about bringing fewer plants back inside for the winter? I seem to have lost my resolve. Weeks ago, when I was on a tear to be tidy I did throw a couple of plants on the compost. They were real stragglers, too […]
October 7, 2014
Down to earth — doing the rain dance
(Originally published October 1, 2014 in EastBayRInewspapers.) I lived in blissful denial for most of the summer, thinking that our periodic rain showers, always overnight or when I needed to go back inside and clean the kitchen, were making a dent. They were not, though the amalgam of plants that constitute my lawn stayed green […]
September 21, 2014
Down to earth — late-summer spring cleaning
(Originally published on September 17, 2014 in East Bay RI/South Coast Life.) I think I have it a bit backwards. Isn’t spring supposed to be the time for cleaning and clearing the clutter? I’m on a tear to create some space now. Within reason, of course. I have no intention of tidying up my desk, […]
September 7, 2014
Down to earth – fashionably late
(Originally published September 4, 2014 in East Bay/South Coast Life.) Since the first witch hazel flower unfurled and crocus poked out of the ground last winter I haven’t for one minute been bored with my garden. I’ve been frustrated by it, challenged, thwarted, and enthralled by turns. It has given me plenty to fuss over, […]
August 20, 2014
Convert?
Just about everyone who knows me knowsthat I’m no vegetable gardener. I like to blame the woodchuck for my failure to grow Swiss chard, basil, lettuce, and cabbage but in truth, laziness is my excuse. Vegetables generally require more attention and input than I am inclined to give my garden. Since potted plants are the […]
August 11, 2014
Vacationland
Over a lifetime of summer vacations spentlakeside in the great state of New Hampshire I can’t recall ever wanting to pick up sticks and live there year-round. After one week on the Damariscotta river in MaineI can’t stop thinking about leaving little Rhody and living the rest of my life asa Mainer. (Mainiac? Downeaster?) I […]
July 26, 2014
Down to earth – seeking stillness
(Originally published July 20, 2104 in East Bay/Southcoast Life) Few gardeners will share the same taste in garden ornaments. Only a handful of people I know would allow a gnome or plastic flamingo though the garden gate — even for irony’s sake. Some of us like utilitarian birdbaths that plug in to prevent the water […]
July 14, 2014
July 13, 2014
Down to earth — the mid-summer blues
(Originally published July 9, 2014 in East Bay/South Coast Life.) As soon as summer’s heat hits, I spend more time critiquing my garden than tending it. If only I were better about making notes, I might have remembered that every year right around now, I become bothered by what’s missing, particularly from the backyard border […]
July 5, 2014
Rain on the parade
Yesterday, starting around 10 in the morning the sky opened over the longest running Fourth of July parade in the U.S. of A. It rained on miles of flag wavers, fire engines, Cub Scouts, Navy cadets, bagpipers, majorettes, trombone players, and drum corps. It poured on at least one politicianrunning for governor, an ex-con running […]
