Quote of the Day: Ashley Smith
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
~ Ashley Smith
Spend some time today noticing the beauty around you!
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Quote of the Day: Henry David Thoreau
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
~Henry David Thoreau
I try to make sure I’m aware of things when I’m working out in the garden. When I am I often see some of the most beautiful things. I’m particularly fond of seeing spiderwebs around the gardens, quite beautiful and beneficial!
Are there any simple things you find beautiful?
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Quote of the Day: John Calvin
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world, that is not intended to make us rejoice.
John Calvin
I’m very thankful for the changing seasons. I enjoy living in a place with such a stark difference between spring/summer/fall/winter. It seems the long dark colorless winter, makes me even more thankful for color in the garden, especially all the green leaves and the green grass.
The green is so invigorating, I’m happy looking out the windows and seeing world of green. I’m happy to once again to hear leaves on the trees when the wind blows. I’m happy to see color dotting the garden here and there.
What’s your favorite part of the change from winter to summer?
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Quote of the Day: E.E. Cummings
“The earth laughs in flowers.” ~ E.E. Cummings
This time of year the earth is simple giggling, it will give way to a huge belly laugh soon. I can’t wait!
The columbine’s are graceful and delicate set high above their lacy foliage. They seed freely and grow all over the place, including the driveway. This late blooming light pink tulip among these lamb’s ears is just a perfect combination!
The chives are starting to bloom and they’re so lovely. We’ve been eating them on everything! They are growing all over the gardens tucked in to little spots here and there.
The rock geraniums are just starting to bloom, they’ll bloom beautifully all summer long cascading over the rock wall on the front hillside.
The single late tulip ‘Negrita’ is really wonderful. I’m particularly fond of dark flowers like this. I’ll have to move some lamb’s ears around these tulips, that would be another striking combination.
The dogwood blooms are going to fade soon, they’re such graceful flowers. I’m always sad to see them go.
I love the spring, all the flowers seem to be delicate and lovely. But my favorite time of year for flowers is the early summer. The gardens are riotous with blooms and everything is a mass of color. Perhaps that’s my love of cottage gardens showing through.
What’s your favorite time of year for flowers?
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Quote of the Day: A Carrot is a Carrot
“Even though most people can easily discern the quality difference between brands of automobiles or appliances, that same astuteness, with the exception of visible cosmetic quality, does not seem to be applied to vegetables. The myth has been successfully planted in the public mind (possible for the benefit of the homogeneous supermarkets) that biological quality differences do not exist and a carrot is a carrot is a carrot.”
Eliot Coleman (The Winter Harvest Handbook)
Once you start eating fresh local or homegrown vegetables, you can easily tell the difference between them and homogenous supermarket vegetables. The ones at the grocery store may be more perfect, without blemish, all shaped the same and all look the same. But an ugly tomato from my garden is certainly more lovely than a supermarket tomato. And can you get any better than fresh sweet corn from the side of the road?
Can you tell a difference between supermarket fruits and vegetables and those from the farmer’s market or your back yard?
