A Crunchy Life

I’ve been lax in photographing the garden this year.  Hmm, it might be an every year thing.  I am all about it in the beginning and then I forget.  But I digress (another not unusual occurrence!), because right now I want to share what the garden is looking like, as of last week: First, our [...]

Farmama has been sharing weekly, “Around the Farm” posts lately and I love seeing & reading about all they do each week.  She has invited people to share their own “Around the Farm/Garden” posts and this week I thought I’d join in on the show & tell. Each year we add a bit more to [...]

So I went from this on Saturday (glamorous for me!) to this on Sunday (more typical of me): We spent most of Sunday finishing off almost all of the new garden beds (one 4′ x 6′ bed still waiting). That meant that I went from my heels (these, to be precise) to my mucky rain [...]

The camera and I have been strangers for what seems to be weeks now.  So yesterday while out for the dog’s morning romp I slung it ’round my neck and took the time to notice all the signs of the season despite the mud and rain (signs in and of themselves!). It’s been caked on [...]

The {this moment} post from last week was just the beginning of our adventures in leaf compost over the past few days. We spent the past few days getting and hauling so much of the “black gold” to put in our flower beds, herb garden, and for the new beds that are being constructing in [...]

Spring is really and truly here.  Despite the snow in the forecast this week, I feel the lethargy of spirit I’d been experiencing beginning to lift.  There is always so much to do in spring, to see, and to experience. What are the signs of the new season where you live (spring or autumn!)? Is [...]

My yearly February ritual of planting the tiny little black seeds that will become aromatic additions to our meals in the form of onions. How many of you find the smell of wet soil uplifting? I do, at least in February when the soil is generally under snow which may or may not be white [...]

Most winter mornings are gray, without much color where I live, especially in February.  Sunshine and blue skies are a gift and make even the bitter cold seem warm.  On this gray morning I sat eating a bowl of steel cut oats across from L4, looking out the window into the backyard.  What was different [...]

Hello Everyone, and welcome to the last installment of “How Does My Garden Grow?”  This week we’re hearing from my friend Allen (I’ve written about he & his wife here & here & here). How/why did you start your garden? When someone asks you why you garden, how do you answer? My very first garden [...]

All summer long I watched  some stems growing tall and strong in one of my flower gardens.  I thought they looked like sunflowers, but they also looked a lot like the weeds I pull out of other nearby beds.  I held off pulling them out of the ground.  I waited, and waited, and waited some [...]