by Daisy | May 4, 2014 | Crafts, Woodworking
If you have fairies, (and who doesn’t?) you must know a major problem with fairy furniture is that it tips over. What with the uneven terrain, wind and rain, crawling creatures and clumsy fairies, most fairy abodes look like they have barely survived an...
by Daisy | Apr 30, 2014 | Drama, Fencepost
I feel bad to be shedding tears over this when there is so much truly wrong in the world, but I admit, I have cried over this. Big fat messy tears. I have wondered if I can ever garden this piece of land again, if my loved-to-distraction gardens, the very basis of my...
by Daisy | Apr 27, 2014 | Drama, Fencepost
As I sat on my porch this afternoon I was startled out of my chair by the pairing of a clap of thunder and the crackling boom as the transformer on a pole 20 yards away exploded. From the corner of my eye, I saw the flash, and the general impression of things going...
by Daisy | Apr 24, 2014 | Garden, Permaculture
The more I guild, the more lonely the unguilded trees seem to me. In particular, my Asian pear was looking very bare. Selecting plants for a guild can be pretty simple or pretty involved, whichever way you lean. I can go either way depending on what free resources I...
by Daisy | Apr 21, 2014 | Garden, Garden Hacks
The Sweet Charlie strawberries I planted in October have grown steadily since I put them in the ground. The started blooming several weeks ago. Now they have nice, big, green berries. Sweet Charlies are supposed to be especially sweet, so sweet they’re...
