Lilacs
I wasted twenty-three minutes studying the lilacs, waiting for them to open. I knew it was much too early, a bit too cold and overcast...
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Guest Blogger
- Jul 10, 2020
- 1 min
Sad Summer Days
Loretta Strharsky laments summer days that have lost their vitality and whither in the sun's relentless gaze.
Guest Blogger
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
An Unusual Spring
Loretta Strharsky I think this year I missed spring There must have been tulips And daffodils And a plethora of lilacs There must have...
Guest Blogger
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
A Plain Old Blue Jean Story
Amie Brodie - Toledo, Ohio
fizzy, humming energy rising off the boxes as bees dance and reel...
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- Apr 12, 2020
- 2 min
50 Ideas to Save Environment in Your Yard
Garden and Grass 51 Grow a garden Read more 147 Use an electric lawn mower 148 Remove your weeds by hand 149 Use natural fertilizers ...
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- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
A powerful being is dying, and I’ve got to let it go.
A powerful being is dying, and I’ve got to let it go.
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 1 min
Prepare Your Spring Garden for the Bees
Guest Blogger and Photo by Loretta Strharsky One of the lead articles in the Guardian this morning concerns the decline in bumblebees....
Bob Kihslinger
- Sep 6, 2019
- 3 min
Go Ahead, Eat My Parsley
Guest Blogger - Mary Kihslinger. Mary is a former Professor of Music at the University of Toledo and is now retired. She also raises...
Bob Kihslinger
- Aug 24, 2019
- 4 min
Rain Barrel Anxiety
I installed a rain barrel today. I got it from my son for my birthday. It holds 50 gallons! I cut my leg while doing it. It didn't...
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- Aug 22, 2019
- 2 min
Planting Gardens to Help Native Bee Populations Recover
Guest Blogger - Sarah Thomson, age 13 (With permission of the Simpson Street Free Press) Native bee populations are declining. They are...
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