This week... Well, this week we had snow several times. Not a lot at once, and it melted within 24 hours each times. But, I am ready to be done with snow for the season. The moisture is appreciated, but can't we have rain instead? On Friday morning, we made a lot of progress on the front yard flagstone steps. We planned to...

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Several plants are coming back to life with the spring-like weather. The red blush of spring sedums  and ice plant is so delightful, and nearly glows in the sunlight.The earliest daffodils are forming buds now. One even opening its flower today. The three year old could not help herself, and picked the flower to show us all how beautiful it was.As we enter...

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This week in the garden, I saw the first sure signs of spring. Several different types of seedlings are sprouting, some that I planted and some that self-seeded from last year: mizuna, kale, garlic, strawberry spinach, walking Egyptian onion, bulb onions, and one of my favorite dual-purpose ornamental edibles, magenta orach. It is a magnificently beautiful magenta color, even from sprout. The flavor...

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In my efforts to "reduce, reuse, recycle" and "go green", I decided to close the cycle on a couple of processes in my garden. First, the ducks require high amounts of calcium and other minerals to create those fabulous egg shells each day. But, those lovely egg shells come already loaded with the perfect combination of vitamins and minerals in them. So, why...

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