It seems like on these dreary old mid-winter days (the ones with freezing rain, wind and no sun), a splash of colour is most needed. When that colour comes with a natural whiff of floral fragrance, it’s even nicer. This Hoya plant was a cutting taken from the Devon House Clay Studio‘s Hoya and has…
Category: gardening
Sun-starved
Everything in the garden is doing as well as can honestly be expected. This has been the coldest and wettest June here in the St. John’s region since 1982 (and if anyone remembers the joy that was the summer of 1992, that’s saying something). We will not hit 20 degrees Celsius during this month of…
It’s Monday
We had our Craft Council Annual General Meeting over the weekend and I’m just plain tired. Today is a day for puttering around the house, doing a myriad of odd jobs and playing a bit with some new ideas in the studio. It’s also Monday, with a capital “M”. I was cutting a piece of…
Still reeling
In Newfoundland, the May 24th weekend is the stuff of legends.It is the first long weekend of the summer (a term used loosely here) and people haul out the RVs, dig out their tents, stock up on booze, break out the barbeques and some (cough) “put in” their gardens. Victoria Day or “the two-four”, as…
Growth
Tis the season for chaos, if you’re a craftsperson, mother and gardener. I’ve been juggling a myriad of meetings, trying to churn out some stock for orders and coming to grips with the fact that the weeds are currently winning the war in the garden. This blog has been a casualty of increasingly frenetic activity…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 