We dwell on the altar of our world where many of our needs are met for which we are thankful.

Don’t you just hate the critters eating up all your hard work?

Tasty dried tomatoes.

Life came from the dirt.

Sciense news.

Farewell to my summer garden of home-grown vegetables.

A new fangled way to grow tomatoes.

Poem written to a picture of a breakfast table with a plate of ‘fried bacon and eggs, tomatoes, with crisp half burnt toast, and a glass of pure red grape juice…

Gardening in the fall brings a look back on summer, the advent of winter, recipes for squash, and a delicious pumpkin chocolate cake.

In the 1800’s a person had to either grow enough food to last themselves through the winter, or they would starve to death. Being self sufficient in those days before modern conveniences was very difficult, sometimes impossible.