Tag Archives: backyard

Why labels matter

Posted on June 2, 2016 by bloomingreverend

Signs on public bathrooms seem to be very important to people these days. Some people are quite concerned that those using them also seem to need to be clearly defined and labeled. I don’t really get all the fuss. I’m a mom … Continue reading →

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Wonderful waiting in South Baymouth

Posted on April 5, 2016 by bloomingreverend

Here in snowy Ontario we are waiting for spring to arrive (it’s April–hurry up already!) so I thought this would be the perfect time to share with you a wonderful waiting experience I had last summer. Yes, I said wonderful! Have … Continue reading →

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Is it good luck to plant seeds while wearing your bathrobe?

Posted on March 18, 2016 by bloomingreverend

I have heard that you can ensure greater garden success by planting during certain phases of the moon (who knows? I can’t say I’ve tried it). This morning, however, when I was out in the early morning sunshine, I wondered what … Continue reading →

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Trouble sleeping? The answer is in the garden.

Posted on January 19, 2015 by bloomingreverend

My husband jokes that I haven’t had a good night sleep since my oldest child was born over eighteen years ago, but the truth is I’ve always been a light sleeper. Now, however, with a busy church, schoolwork and a … Continue reading →

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Isn’t “winter garden” an oxymoron?

Posted on December 22, 2014 by bloomingreverend

This year for the first time ever I managed to stretch my growing season into October and I had bok choi and lettuce to harvest along with a few onions and some very persistent kale. Now, of course, I am not in the … Continue reading →

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I am on my way to becoming a medieval monk

Posted on September 8, 2014 by bloomingreverend

Remember that mud-pit of a backyard from last summer? The transformation is finally finished! (Well, it’s mostly finished anyway. Gardens are too full of life and growth and change to ever be really “finished”.) At long last my little corner … Continue reading →

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I have five hundred new friends but they are rather quiet. And wiggly.

Posted on March 3, 2014 by bloomingreverend

Well, I haven’t actually counted, but I am told there are about five hundred in a half pound of worms. They are Red Wigglers and they are small and squirmy. I bought them on the weekend. My love of worms … Continue reading →

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I smell like dirt. On purpose.

Posted on January 13, 2014 by bloomingreverend

For Christmas, I got the gift of dirt. When we bought our house in Strathroy, one of the first things we did was put in a vegetable garden in the backyard. It was a plain rectangle cut into the lawn, … Continue reading →

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Inconvenient, breathtaking beauty

Posted on January 6, 2014 by bloomingreverend

The Advent and Christmas seasons are an intense time for clergy. Here in Ontario, December also brought severe winter weather, difficult travel and widespread power outages. Still, there were incredible moments in which God’s beauty took my breath away. Blessed … Continue reading →

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If you got a Christmas present you don’t really like, read this.

Posted on December 30, 2013 by bloomingreverend

Some years ago for Christmas I received a gardening book. Normally, that kind of a gift is perfect since I love books and I love gardens. But this book seemed, well, not quite my thing. “Seed sowing and saving” it … Continue reading →

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