Here it is early afternoon on Friday before Christmas. I should be out shopping for a few last minute gifts for my wife…Instead I’m sitting here in the kitchen with the double French Doors wide open, sun streaming in, listening to the wind chimes out back and the crows in the wood behind the house. [...]

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It’s been a while since I last mentioned Felder Rushing, so today’s podcast led me back to his websites. One of the first things I saw online about Felder was a reference to slow gardening…Here is a handout from Felder’s Slow Gardening Website…
Slow Gardening Handout
SLOW GARDENING
Slow gardening isn’t lazy or passive gardening – it [...]

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Something is strange with my blogs. For some reason my search engine hits are climbing at (for here anyway) unusual rates. Believe me I’m not complaining, I might make some new friends. A five and six fold increase in the number of hits is appreciated, and if most of them are here to see my [...]

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Yesterday morning at this time the temperature outside my door was 36°…Today it’s 61. When the sun rose yesterday the ground was white with the second frost of the year. I’ll be surprised if we see the sun this morning.
I see this toasty weather outside my door isn’t being felt in the Blue Ridge Mountains. [...]

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