A soft day is what the Irish call a very very damp fog or a mizzle, which is a cross between a mist and a drizzle. I’d been dreaming of a nice soaking fall of rain for the garden and
Month: December 2011
“The happiest days are when babies come.”
This direct quote from Melanie in Gone with the Wind sums up what Christmas means for me. I wrote last year about our little nativity scene that we put up under our Douglas fir each year. Yesterday I was out
Beet that!
Winter gardening in California seems to be split into two segments divided by December and January. If you get organized by mid September you can have a crop of winter veggies already growing and some harvested by Christmas. If you
The Eco Gardening Coach
Finally, after months of paperwork, brainstorming with friends on names, layouts and color-schemes, I’m ready to present my new business enterprise – The Eco Gardening Coach. I even have my own domain name and website – ecogardeningcoach.com. Here’s a glimpse
Pure and simple
Sometimes it’s just easier to quit fighting with Blogger and acquiesce to their templates and how they want to do things. A gremlin struck my blog. When? I’m not sure. But when I tried to fix the problem today, I
Happy Occasions in Hong Kong
It was with great delight that we headed back to Hong Kong, this time for the happy occasion of our niece’s wedding. (I know, I know, I’m not old enough to have a niece getting married!) Our previous trip to
