Growing Life Skills in the Garden

Just below is the link to a great article about a youth gardening program in Loveland, Colorado. It highlights the many benefits that gardening provides to students with special needs. The adults that I work with grow and change as they garden as well. As I settle in to my adaptive gardening specialist position I’mContinue reading “Growing Life Skills in the Garden”

Catching Up ~

Wow! The past eight days have flown by! I’m sorry that I’ve been so completely absent. My middle daughter was inducted into the Junior National Honor Society last week, then twenty-four hours later our oldest son graduated from Salem High School. It’s been a whirlwind of events, celebrations, family and fun! I’m “off” today andContinue reading “Catching Up ~”

Ron Finley, Guerilla Gardener— This Is Awesome!

Every one of my guerilla and therapeutic gardening friends must watch this video! Ron Finley says “gardening is my graffiti” and “gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant thing you can do.” His goal is to improve health and society in South Central LA one unused space at a time.  I LOVE it!

What’s Happening In the Garden-May 31

We’re rolling right along out there! The impending heat today was a great incentive to get things deeply planted and watered yesterday. It finally feels like summer is here in Salem! The potatoes are coming right along. I’ve been adding soil to these as they grow. This pot is full (I hope) of early redContinue reading “What’s Happening In the Garden-May 31”

For the Lady I Met In Walmart Yesterday…How To Start Your Garden

Hi there! I heard you ask for help yesterday in Walmart and spoke with you a few minutes later and told you a little bit about my blog. Since then I’ve been thinking  about how I can help people like you who are just starting out with their very first garden and I came up withContinue reading “For the Lady I Met In Walmart Yesterday…How To Start Your Garden”

My Military Life: Thoughts of My Father on Memorial Day

Originally posted on Third Space:
I remember waking up to the sound of work shoes being spit-shined in the hallway of our small home in the Pocono Mountains. I can still hear the slap of the worn rag and the quick rhythm it made, as the dull polish transformed into a glassy shine. Still dark…

The Salem Garden is a Year Old? Really? Your Kidding Me!

WordPress sent me a message the other day to tell me that I’ve been blogging for a year. Seriously… one year? They must be kidding! Lots of great things have happened since I started The Salem Garden and I didn’t really plan on any of them. You know that I turn everything into a list,Continue reading “The Salem Garden is a Year Old? Really? Your Kidding Me!”

A Mother-Son Red Twigged Dogwood Fence

Here’s that pile of twigs that’s been waiting for a project for the past few weeks. Last weekend my little guy and I decided to make a very simple fence out of them. Michael used to do this with apple tree suckers at our old house on Forrester Street. Those fences always looked so sweetContinue reading “A Mother-Son Red Twigged Dogwood Fence”

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day– May 2013

How could it be the fifteenth of the month already? When I woke up this morning and saw another blogger’s Bloom Day post I had to quickly look at my calendar and check the date. It just didn’t seem possible. A lot has happened here in New England in the last month. The garden continuesContinue reading “Garden Bloggers Bloom Day– May 2013”