by Sheila Graham Smith | Mar 27, 2026 | Gardening Tips
These incredibly brilliant red flowers in the above picture are amaryllis. Guess from where I got them. I rescued them from my church’s dumpster after the Christmas holidays three years ago! I brought two pots of them home, trimmed their wilting leaves, and put...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Mar 2, 2026 | Gardening Tips, Meditation
With the heartless slaughtering of innocents, ransacking of homes, destruction of livelihoods, and raping of life-giving lands, I find myself trying to heal the tiny, one quarter of an acre piece of dirt under my care. My garden has already earned the certified...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Jan 31, 2026 | Gardening Tips
Most of my garden is planted with perennials except for the vegetables. However, the asparagus and some herbs are also perennials so they’re included in this category as well. Therefore, I spend most of my gardening planning with the new seed catalogues coming...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Jan 8, 2026 | Gardening Tips, Recipes
Every year, I promise myself that I will not plant so much swisschard, but it is my favorite winter green. I try not to buy veggies from the store and just eat out of the garden. Currently, the lettuce, spinach, and swisschard are going crazy. Also, all my herbs,...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Dec 30, 2025 | Gardening Tips, Meditation
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks around these unseasonably warm holidays pruning, reshaping, and chopping to the ground perennials in my garden. I’ve shredded fallen dead leaves, chopped up dry twigs, and cut out dead branches. There’s been so...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Nov 5, 2025 | Gardening Tips, Meditation
Why the earthworm picture? You’ll see! Three “happenings” converged last weekend: dividing and transplanting lilies, kinda watching the world series, and listening/watching utube reels through my earbuds while the baseball game was on. How did they...
