Of Nettles & Admirals
There is a patch of Nettles right outside my door. It was not an accident, they were lovingly planted there by me. A contractor came to our home one day and stopped and paused to look at it, and then said to me, “You are …
A place of flora & fauna; of living on the edges.
The Spring House
Who Lives Here?
When we moved to The Spring House there wasn’t a lot living here… it seemed like mostly a few non-native house sparrows and mosquitos. (Of course there were lots more living things here that that!) Since then, though, it feels like an explosion of life. …
The African Mint Potato – CH.1 – The Journey
JUN 26 – As the day was dimming, I planted some very special plants; plants that traveled through a lot of adversity to get here. They originally came to this country from Africa. A humble plant that was thought to be a “woman’s plant”: the African Mint …
Be well friends…
There are so many challenges we are all facing right now that it is hard to know what direction to look in sometimes. Here in Nashville, March brought a tornado that destroyed or disrupted many of our family and friend’s homes and businesses, and then …
Living Wood
This is important stuff. Seriously. Many people complain about fallen dead branches or wood after a windy day. It just seems like one more thing to have to take care of in our busy life. We pick them up and then have to figure out where to …
The Light andThe Dark
The dark and the light. Thanksgiving is a day of dissonance. While many of us step away from the busyness of life to share a thankful meal with loved ones, there are others that know the truth of the day and mourn. Normally, @the.spring.house, I …
Winter Garden Soup
Winter in Nashville is always like a slow waltz back and forth between fall and spring, with an occasion dash of winter. The days leading into this winter have been very different though, with more extreme weather events, both hot and cold.[i] Throughout all of …
Second Blooms
We all love the explosion of purple in the spring as violets[i]welcome us to the warmer weather. In the late spring and early summer we only see their dark green leaves flourishing, but did you know that they are blooming again? Violets actually have two types …