Quote of the Day: Diane Ackerman
Just cultivate delight.
Enjoy the sensory pleasures of the garden.
That’s number one.
Gardening really does delight all the senses. The smell of a rose, the dripping of rain, the taste of fresh lettuce, the feel of soft earth, the sight of a flower in bloom, the warmth of the sun, the prick of a thorn. I try to make sure I notice these things while I’m out and about.
What senses do use most when you’re working in the garden?
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Quote of the Day: Lao Tzu
Be empty. Be still.
Just watch everything come and go.
This is the way of Nature.
– Lao Tzu
May 1, how quickly time seems to go. This time of year when things get hectic and busy both at work and in the garden I need to remember this quote. I must remember to stop during my chores and take notice of those things around me so I don’t miss them! At the moment I’m really appreciating life in the garden. After winter I love hearing the buzzing of insects, seeing the green in the grass and the colors of the flowers.
What are you appreciating right now?
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Friday Favorite: Fresh, In Season Food
Each season has it’s special gifts. Strawberries last a few weeks in late spring. Cherries last a few weeks in the summer. Fresh basil is just for warm weather. Kale is sweetest in the fall after a frost. The more we live seasonally the more thankful we become for the little things. It’s about savoring and receiving with thankfulness. Good food doesn’t have to be fancy or complicated. Simple is best, right off the vine. Getting to that simplicity is the problem.
Jennifer R Bartley The Kitchen Gardener’s Handbook
This time of year I’m particularly thankful for freshly harvested veggies. We’ve been enjoying delicious fresh salads almost every day, always a perfect paired with just about anything from liver and onions to roasted chicken or even just a simple fried egg.
I’m super excited that the asparagus is coming in. I don’t have a large patch (that will happen in the new garden area), but I have enough for a few meals each spring. My asparagus is planted up in my front foundation garden amongst my perennials.
The morels are also starting to pop up, I harvested only 3 the day before yesterday for a delicious morel and asparagus omelet. I left the rest of them to size up a little before harvesting. We’re lucky because morels grow in our garden. We do still head out hunting in the local are for more, as with most hunters we have our secret hunting grounds!
I’m very thankful for learning to live seasonally. There’s something so wonderful of fresh, in season food. It really does taste best simply prepared, which not only saves time but lets the flavor come through. I’d have to say at the moment asparagus is what I’m really enjoying.
What’s your favorite fresh, in season item at the moment?
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Quote of the Day: Anais Nin
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
~ Anais Nin
I found this little beauty laying in the flowerbed yesterday where a mole or something had chewed through it’s stem. I figured it would perfect in my windowsill.
I don’t pick a ton of flowers from the garden to bring indoors, I never want to take them out of the garden. I’m hoping that with my new garden area I’ll be able to add more flowers just for cutting. I’ve always wanted to have a dedicated cutting garden and in a few years my dreams may come true!
Do you cut flowers often to bring inside?
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Quote of the Day: Truman Capote
In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly,
yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
We’ve been having a tons of rain here at Chiot’s Run, April showers is a bit of an understatement! We’ve been having so much rain that I haven’t plants peas or potatoes in the garden, it’s simply too wet. They would rot and never show their little faces.
At least all this rain is supposed to bring beautiful flowers. I’m also appreciating that all this rain has been giving me the time to dig up all those saplings to clear that new lot for the garden.
Have you been getting April Showers in your neck of the woods?
