Aurora in Yarker
The sun has been quite active in the last few days, ejecting solar matter into space, and on August 5, 2011 some of this matter hit the earth’s atmosphere, and…
So far a great week…..
It has been a great week so far. July 25, 2011 Monday, it rained, we needed it. There was a sunrise, and it was raining. Later notes from others said…
Happy Canada Day!
Well its Canada Day (2011), and a beautiful morning indeed. Remember those men and women who have passed on in all our wars on far away soils, they fought for…
Updates on the gardens
After work last night, we came home and looked at the gardens, and low and behold the bugs are now in force. We picked off potato bugs on the tomatoes,…
The day is clear and windy
This week has been quite a week. Monday- interviews for my class project at the Mission in Partners Food Bank and the Loving Spoonful. Wednesday-We saw our first Robin, and…
The Red Wing Blackbird is back……
On Monday March 7th while outside enjoying the day, I could hear the call of the Red Wing Black Bird twice though I could not see him. On Wednesday upon…
Greenhouse Day at Starlight Cascade Gardens
What a busy day….and its only 10:30 am. Took the compost out and has it ever fallen in the new compost heap. Took a look around the yard, some damage…
Natures Treasures
After work today while in the pool we were treated to a partial double rainbow in the east. It had clouds with wind coming down and corpuscular rays going up…
The winter holds special gifts
Christmas time is a a happy time, but sometimes, it can be a sad time as well. After loosing a good friend over a week ago, I stopped by his…
Gardening at Starlight Cascade Gardens
Gardening at Starlight Cascade Gardens is for food, seed saving, therapy, and getting to know the land and the vegetables and fruits you grow. We mainly grow environmentely, and organic…
Old Man Winter just won’t leave
The calendar say’s its spring, the daffodils coming up, the sounds of the frogs which showed up on April 3 say its spring,but the temperatures and the wet snow that…
Spring has sprung
At 7:44 am 11:44 UT Spring officially came, and asked Old man winter to leave. The skies were clear and the moon hung in the SE like a Christmas tree…
Disaster in the Greenhouse
Saturday December 20, a bright sunny day after a blizzard storm on Friday, and Kevin goes to check the greenhouse. I have had seeds in paper bags drying out, not…
Last few jobs of Gardening
It isn’t raining at the moment, so I thought I would move the Bull’s Blood beets (heritage) to garden 4A in the SW corner. I moved 5 beets, so we…