Tag: Common Ground
Common Ground – October 2018
October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came: The ashes, oaks, and maples, And those of every name. – George Cooper – The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is upon us. I’m…
Common Ground – September 2018
…. I have seen Full many a chill September. Oliver Wendell Holmes I’m hoping that the weather gods bring us some cooler weather in September. The supposedly short northern summer seemed endless this year.…
Common Ground – July
“July is payday.” Bob Thomson in The New Victory Garden This is the time of year when I’m glad I braved the clouds of blackflies in the spring and managed to get the vegetables…
Common Ground
“Slower, sweet June, Each step more slow; Linger and loiter as you go.” Julia Harris May It feels like we have skipped spring this year and gone straight to early summer. The poor daffodils…
Common Ground – May
“Come, gentle spring! ethereal mildness! come.” James Thomson What a cold dreary spring we have had this year. I don’t think I have ever seen so much snow and ice or felt so much…
Common Ground
“….stormy March has come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies.” William Cullen Bryant Sitting on the steps of my front porch recently I could hear the roar of rushing water…
Common Ground – November
‘Twas autumn, and the leaves were dry And rustled on the ground And chilly winds went whistling by With low and pensive sound. Seba Smith (Major Jack Downing) And so we come to the…
Common Ground – October
“Among the peaceful harvest days An Indian Summer comes at last.” Adeline Dutton Train Whitney There has been no frost here yet this season. Apparently Indian summer is technically the warm period following…
Common Ground – Summer’s Lease…
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date…” Shakespeare Sonnet 18 The summer of 2017 has certainly been a season of rampant growth in the garden. To get to my tomatoes to stake them…