Archive for September, 2007

On Saturday morning I felt compelled to go to my local botanical garden. I say compelled because I had so many chores to do Saturday that I really didn’t have the time. Yet, I went.
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Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

And So It Begins…

 
Here in Laramie, at 7200 feet of elevation, summer’s end comes early. Already the days grow cooler, and soon we will have our first frost and golden aspen and cottonwoods. You can already smell woodsmoke on the evening air, and folks are covering up their tomato plants or bringing in the ones growing in pots [...]

The time I dread has now come. It’s time to thin my seedlings. This is where I have usually fallen down in past attempts at growing plants. I find it very hard to take young healthy seedlings, green and seemingly innocent, and yank them up by the roots. It seems so [...]

Tree of Life Mandala

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Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

Many, many years ago, more than I am willing to say, there was a weed-choked, trash-strewn plot of land on the northwest corner of my high school campus.
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Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

Bee Blossom

 

Bee to the blossom; Moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what’s in a name?
Helen Hunt Jackson
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Parsley Patch Update

An update on the apartment garden project:
As I reported a few days ago, my lemon balm seeds have germinated. Since then I’ve been wondering when the parsley would follow suit. At first I thought I had ruined the process because I did not notice the instruction on the package that said to [...]

Magic Golden Apples

Magic Golden Apples In The Magic Garden.
(copyright Imogen Crest 2007.)

Magical Bird

Magical Bird In The Magic Garden.
(copyright Imogen Crest 2007.)