Tag: Common Ground
Common Ground – November 2020
“No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November! Thomas Hood Late October found me making my way through planting the fall bulbs I ordered as…
Common Ground – October 2020
“O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s bright blue weather.” -Helen Hunt Jackson – One of the signs of fall here…
Common Ground – July 2020
“The summer comes with flower and bee….” Felicia Hemans Summer begins here in the valley when the baby phoebes fledge and fly away. The five of them flew away from their next on the…
Common Ground
“Gardening is half achievement and half optimism and in June we really have the best of each.” Geoff Hamilton Reluctant spring has given way to leafy June. I hope we are truly done…
Common Ground – May 2020
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage…. Richard Lovelace I couldn’t resist that particular quote which seems apt when so many people have been spending more time at home.…
Common Ground – April 2020
“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours….” Wordsworth Spring starts in earnest here in the…
Common Ground – March 2020
“March is mostly a winter month, and carries the threat of a late season blizzard…. this is a month of promise, but also one of caution.” The New Victory Garden After thirty years of…
Common Ground – February
“In winter’s tedious nights sit by the fire…” Shakespeare Looking at my garden notes from last spring I see that the tops of the bulbs on the warm west side of the house were…
Common Ground – December 2019
“…after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold…” Shakespeare It was definitely feeling very barren winter here in the valley in November. Like many people I was caught out by the…