This site, FreedomGardens.org, is mostly new to me. Our friends at New York Renovators blog joined and when I read their post it moved me to sign on too. The premise of this site is to encourage families all over…
Category: The Garden
Food For Thought Friday: Systems of Government
After having listened to Fidel Castro’s daughter speak on Wednesday it made me think about systems of government in general. Some are overtly oppressive. Some, though not originally intended, make life hard for their citizens because of the lust for…
Opening Your Eyes . . .
Last night I had the opportunity to hear Elena Fernandez Revuelta speak. “Who is that?,” you may ask. She is the daughter of Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro. For a Hispanic Heritage Month event at a local college they invited…
A Day of Indian Summer
October is teasing me! Yesterday when I couldn’t be home it was nice and warm and would have been a perfect day to get some of my fall gardening tasks completed. It got up to a high of 85 degrees…
The Weather Has Turned – Are You Still Gardening?
The weather has turned colder. It’s as if the calendar told the weather, “Hey, it’s October. It’s time to get cold.” And it certainly did. We went from a balmy 80 the week before to mid 50s and low 60s…
October 5th – Win Money & EC from Sharing My Thoughts
Sharing My Thoughts is hosting a contest to celebrate their new domain. What’s At Stake? One Winner: – One year subscription to Good Housekeeping Magazine if the winner is from the Philippines or US $15 to be credited to a…
Manic Monday
For a Monday this wasn’t too bad. I woke up feeling physically better than most days. My belly didn’t hurt and neither did my hips. The latter is funny to me considering I had a chiropractor’s appointment scheduled for later…
Cleaning Up the Yard
After a month of no rain and no energy on my part the yard looks terrible. My husband has either been working or had plans every weekend so he hasn’t been much help either. So, even with my 6 month…
It's Starting to Feel Like Fall
Most of the month of August and the first half of September were unbearably hot and dry during the days. As September approached you could feel the air cool nicely in the evenings which made it comfortable to sit outside…
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