Some more writing I did last year for consideration for Isuni’s “Living the Good Life” book project. A version of this appeared in our “Island Tides” newspaper last February. Here’s a link to the paper:http://www.islandtides.com/assets/reprint/IslandTides_Feb26_09.pdf My Garden Year: Falling into Winter (2nd week of November to Winter Solstice) Next year, I’m going to have my [. . .]
The Good Life Project: gardening my way to a good life on Mayne Island
I thought I’d finish off this year’s postings by sharing this article that I wrote and submitted for ISUNI’s “Living the Good Life” book project over a year ago……. A couple years ago I joined a meeting with the Islands Sustainability Initiative (ISUNI) folks on Mayne Island and became interested in their “Living the Good [. . .]
potatoes in containers
I had such a lovely day working outside today. No wind, no rain, a little sun, thank goodness. When it came time to think about dinner, I decided to harvest a pot of potatoes that I planted for winter new potatoes and thought I’d share my year-round new potato growing idea here.It all started last [. . .]
a winter wind storm
Every year at this time, living and gardening for me involves cleaning up big messes after big wind storms. This week has brought us 2 big wind storms with a couple of big trees down. Last night was dramatically windy. Our power went out and we felt a big thump that shook our house. We’re [. . .]
falling leaves
It’s the season to collect fallen leaves and I’ve been raking up a storm.In our neck of the woods, we have a lot of big leaf maple trees.Visions of rich brown crumbly leaf mould for next year’s garden are on my mind these days.Leaf mould is simply composted deciduous tree leaves. In my garden, I [. . .]
A beautiful sunny fall day today
The plum tree has lost all it’s leaves and now we can see the beautiful winter-time shape of it’s branches. I love the shadows the branches and sun create on the cob wall. The beautyberry shrub has lost all it’s leaves too but not it’s gorgeous berries. (these branches are so fabulous in fall arrangements) [. . .]