• Repost: drflower

    Do You Find Poetry Or Does It Find You?

    Are you a pack rat? I might have a few of those tendencies. I try hard to keep my spaces clear of cluttered stuff but let’s face it, it’s an ongoing battle. It ebbs and flows like many other things in life. I’m pretty sure that stress levels are a direct proportion.  I come by this character trait honest. My mother is the queen of pack ratness. (Sorry mom but hang on I’m going somewhere with this.)  If my Mom wasn’t a pack rat, there are some important milestone in my life cards, notes, pictures, school work that would have been lost to file 13.  Within a plastic box, I was able…

  • organic gardening,  Repost: drflower

    Herbs to plant = Herbie heaven!

    There is something so gratifying about setting plants in fertile soil. They just look healthy and green in the contrast to the rich black to red soil that they sit in.  Yes, red clay is a way of life in Georgia. As long as it has a balance of other nutrients, it’s becomes a necessary if not welcomed component of good garden soil.  This week, it is herb planting time at Rock Star Farms.  The farm has grown by leaps and bounds over this past year.  Last year, the medicine wheel was sporting many vegetables along side herbs.  This year, vegetable garden beds surround the medicine wheel.  The wheel can…