Category: Wise Seasonal Choices
Vegetable Garden – Early Spring
Early Spring is the season of new beginnings, new life. This is my first gardening season in Oregon, different from Vermont this time of year in every way…but one. It’s the time of caring for seedlings. What I’ve learned so far about Early Spring gardening […]
Celtic Knot Artwork Gallery
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Vegetable Garden – Autumn
Whew. What fun this season was! A wonderful time to just stand in front of gleaming jars of spring and summer preserves in the pantry and root cellar. Take pictures! Even if only you ever look at them, it will make you smile knowing you […]
Herb Garden – Autumn
The growing season has come to an end. What fun season after season of searching for just the right plants for the pantry and medicine cupboard. To date, we have gathered a really good base for many remedies and beverage tea: SpringBurdock Rt, Chickweed, Cleavers, […]
Vegetable Garden – Early Autumn
Pantry: Tomatoes, jams/jellies, dilly beans Dry: Last leaves and flowers of summer Berries, Seeds, Leathers Frozen: Whole berries, whole tomatoes, green beans, greens, summer squash with onion for creamy soup base. Berries – Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and black raspberries all ripen in late summer. Essential […]
Vitamin Loss Causes
Consequences for your actions Sometimes symptoms happen from your choices. Everything you put into your mouth has an effect on your body. Some come with a cost. All of these things on this list chew up vitamins and minerals from your body. Vitamin deficiency causes […]
Herb Garden – Early Autumn
Late summer is a busy time for restocking the medicinal pantry. Only a short amount of time left to harvest ingredients for winter medicines. The last of the medicinal flowers, leaves, and seeds need to be gathered before the cold draws the medicinal energies back […]
Front Porch Feeder
Spring migration season is over. The first round of mating season is done. This is juvenile season. The woods are full of birds learning to fly and sing for the first time. Delightful. One of my favorite parts of birdwatching is listening to a songbird […]