Fall is officially here. I know this not only from the calendar and fewer hours of daylight, but by the temperature of my house when I wake up in the morning. BRRRR! Oh, and I’m already cleaning up leaves in my flowerbeds and around the yard. Seems...
There are times when these lazy days of summer are anything but. I’m hearing how busy many of you are, how quickly time seems to pass, and oh my goodness, it’ll be Christmas before we know it. STOP!!! While it’s impossible to shirk all your responsibilities, a...
This year the spring equinox occurred on March 19 at 11:06 P.M. EDT. That was the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere. The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night”—aequus (equal) and nox (night). On the equinox, the length...
We must be moving into fall, as school supplies are in the sale ads. Didn’t summer vacation just get rolling? As I look around, I see many of my lilies dying off, along with a handful of the summer annuals. While there are still many blooms...