Lessons from a Pie Pumpkin

Gardening in the “Dale” of Hillsdale certainly can be quite challenging. Normally it is a rule of thumb to safely plant and transplant frost sensitive plants at the May 2-4 weekend. Unfortunately where we are it is not uncommon to have frosts well into June. So frost sensitive pumpkins and squash don’t get planted here…

He Restores My Soul

Ahhh springtime. I love witnessing the vivid greens of the bursting buds of the deciduous trees. And walking into a hardwood forest where the forest floor is grandiosely carpeted by the delicate, and exquisitely beautiful white trillium. I particularly love going into a forest during or right after a rain. That piquant, musky “earth smell” emanating the air, and…