The Secret Garden – Breaking Ground

Sunday was a glorious day.  After a week of many obligations and what seemed like never ending rain, I finally made it into the garden. The sun was shining, the temperature was perfect, and my yard helper, Melvin, was there to assist with all the heavy lifting. We got way more done than I thought possible and I didn’t destroy my already tenuous lumbar. Fatsia Japonica First, the ugly dead bush came down. It will make fabulous chimenea fodder. Then Melvin brought round the plants... Continue reading

Food is Free Project

I found this video tooling around on Facebook. No pun intended! :) I've already got two palettes so this project is on for fall. I'll work on building up some great soil while we overwinter, and we'll see how we do in spring. This year's garden was a bit of a bust. I broke my leg late in May, and as I am the main gardener of the family, the beds went terribly untended. Yes, come harvest time the pickin's were quite slim. There I go punning again! Had I built beds like these, I may have fared... Continue reading

First Day Back with My Practice

I did it. Monday afternoon I got it together and actually had a nice yoga practice. The better part of my endurance work was just getting myself set up and on the floor. Fortunately, in my little yoga nook, almost anything I might need is accessible from the floor. I designed it that way because of laziness, I suppose, but it's working out for me now! I performed the beginning of the work suggested in my original broken toe practice except for the modified pigeon pose. I know my psoas—the... Continue reading

My Lame Yoga

No, this isn't a self-deprecating statement. I created this post some time in the fall of 2013 after an unfortunate incident between my toe and a dumbbell. I developed a yoga practice to be performed without harming my sensitive toesies. My intention was to illustrate yoga poses with photos of myself performing them. My youngest daughter who is IMHO an excellent photographer, was to snap them for me. But life got in the way. My paying gig became more demanding and next thing I knew ADAT... Continue reading