Reconnecting With My 27 Backyard Tree Species: Haiku
Hi, my deep-rooted/
woods friends. I’m sad I’ve not been/
near. I’ll tread barefoot.
Hi, my deep-rooted/
woods friends. I’m sad I’ve not been/
near. I’ll tread barefoot.
The old couple’s peach tree up on Mowbray Mountain deep down in Tennessee was so overloaded that a giant limb split off the trunk and crashed to the garden floor. That still left more than two-thirds of the tree that they had planted intact and covered with delicious freestone fruit. A Good Fruit Trade Our…
This is my all-natural recipe for chigger bites. It soothes and eliminate itching and pain from chigger bites and mosquito bites. If you’ve ever been bit by chiggers, you know what torment feels like. Even though my husband and I wear long socks and long pants, every summer we still end up with literally dozens…
Why peel peaches? If you’re making a smoothy or blending peaches for fruit leather, I don’t recommend it. But if you’re making a peach cobbler, peach crisp or peach ice cream, maybe you don’t want that skin floating around! You need to peel peaches. But wait! PUT DOWN THAT KNIFE! There’s an easier way. In…
I used to take time to ground, to create, to think, to revel in nature. It wasn’t until I taught others how and why to do it that I realized: I’d stopped. Creativity is life, and I’d let myself die. No more.
Nature’s calls resonate all around me. Whether I’m home on the banks of the West Chickamauga Creek in Northwest Georgia, at my Dad’s on Lake Winneconne, Wisconsin, or visiting my children, friends and relatives in Arizona, Utah, Lake Tahoe area or the Pacific Northwest, Nature’s calls reach out to me, grab me and hold me…
Lots of folks are out harvesting elderberries, especially the North American native American Elderberry, or Sambucus Canadensis. Health benefits abound! BUT, many people are posting photos of Pokeweed or Pokeberry (also known as Pokesalat) on social media, and asking: Are these Elderberries? NO! And knowing the difference when you’re harvesting elderberries is critical! Pokeweed berries…