Tag: Common Ground
Common Ground – March 2024
“In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward.” J. Hersey Winter, it seems to me, has held back quite a lot this year. We haven’t had much extreme cold and periodic…
Common Ground – February 2024
“I entrench myself in my books, equally against sorrow and the weather.” Leigh Hunt My wish in the month of February is that it will whizz by like the calendar pages in old movies.…
Common Ground – January 2024
“I dreamed that, as I wandered by the way, Bare Winter suddenly was changed to spring.” Shelley There have been at least three open winters in my time here in the valley. I’m grateful…
Common Ground – December 2023
“…. after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.” Shakespeare Recently a visiting friend was surprised to see next year’s seed catalogues on my coffee table. They’ve been there for a…
Common Ground – November 2023
“The gardener’s year is circular; November and December are the months that close the circle.” Bob Thomson, The New Victory Garden Haven’t we had the most wonderful fall ever? The leaves were particularly colourful…
Common Ground – October 2023
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?” Robert Browning I’m guessing that we’re all tired of the word unprecedented. But this year’s growing season was unprecedented with…
Common Ground – September 2023
“…spring is gone, and summer cannot last.” May Riley At the risk of sounding like something that should be embroidered on a pillow, it seems to me that all time spent in the late…
Common Ground – August 2023
“The rain that makes things new…”. John Masefield We have been blessed with a lot of rain so far this summer. It seems that every time I empty the rain gauge in the garden…
Common Ground – July 2023
“Do what we can, summer will have its flies. If we walk in the woods, we must feed the mosquitoes.” Emerson My friend the Wind Chime Hater is convinced that the mosquitoes are bigger…