Archive for November, 2012

I Won’t Be Silent! Chemtrails!

I Won’t Be Silent! Chemtrails!

| November 29, 2012 | 10 Replies

Today, I listened to Doreen Virtue on Hay House Radio online. She said that chemtrails, or geo-engineering, the manipulation of the Earth’s atmosphere by spraying heavy metals into it from jet planes (then those particles fall to Earth), GMO’s (genetically modified organisms), fracking (forcing chemicals deep in the ground to extract natural gas) and fluoridation (forcing the […]

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Fall Sprouts – Part 1

Fall Sprouts – Part 1

| November 28, 2012 | 11 Replies

There’s nothing I get a bigger kick out of than watching a sprout push out of the earth from a seed I have planted. These seedlings come from seeds I planted within a week of one another. In Southern California, gardeners do not get a break! We can, and must, if you are obsessed as […]

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A Monarch Butterfly Is Born

A Monarch Butterfly Is Born

| November 23, 2012 | 20 Replies

Today was the day! I checked on my cocoon early, as it was quite dark yesterday. I took this photo about an hour before she emerged. You can see where the dark ring top left became a row of holes, presumably for ventilation, as it does not function as an exit zipper. The butterfly rips […]

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Wet Garden

Wet Garden

| November 17, 2012 | 22 Replies

We received a little rain last night, enough to completely cover the surface of the garden. Before the sun comes out (it always does) and dries it all off, I captured this wide shot. As you can see, I’m way behind on fall planting. Thankfully, we are in Southern California, so, there’s a good chance […]

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Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

| November 14, 2012 | Reply

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How Do They Know? Mysteries of Caterpillars

How Do They Know? Mysteries of Caterpillars

| November 11, 2012 | 14 Replies

After yesterday’s post, I went out to clean the remaining egg off the driveway, or, I tried. I was using the “jet” setting on my hose sprayer and blasting one bad spot. I looked ahead about ten feet from me and saw something dangling to a 20″ plastic pot of a flowering bush. I figured […]

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We Were Egged, Drugged, Flood in Haiti, Some Thoughts

We Were Egged, Drugged, Flood in Haiti, Some Thoughts

| November 10, 2012 | 17 Replies

Last night, I was putting away the leftover soup about 10:15 PM, and there was a soft knock at the door. Very strange. I froze. Then another knock. No one knocks on our door after ten o’clock. I ran upstairs and got my husband, and we approached the door. It was a neighbor from the […]

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Rain, Caterpillars and Puccini

Rain, Caterpillars and Puccini

| November 8, 2012 | 10 Replies

I had been alerted that rain was coming this weekend, and I knew I had to get a fresh layer of alfalfa down on my hard-baked clay, otherwise, every trip into the garden would result in mud-caked shoes. So, this morning, I spread it out. Rain was coming down gently on my back. I had […]

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A whole street of Verge Gardens!

A whole street of Verge Gardens!

| November 7, 2012 | 4 Replies

This story and video from Sydney, Australia, totally justifies all that I have been trying to do in my front yard: grow edibles, create community, and use water on growing food, not a lawn. I hope you will check out what a group of neighbors in Australia, the front line of climate change, is doing […]

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Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

| November 7, 2012 | 4 Replies

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