Sparrow Tree Journal

Here are some of the scant handfuls of veggies I've managed to harvest from this year's struggling summer garden. Not pictured: a qu...

I got two extra days off work this week, today and tomorrow. It was quite unexpected; my contracted days for the 2025/26 school year were do...

Last Friday was our 20th wedding anniversary! I had the day off thanks to my awesome summer schedule at work (short days and Fridays off). G...

These are a few buds from my second year Eustacia Vye rose. The bush is absolutely loaded with them (over 4 dozen at last count) and ready t...

It's officially Spring Break for me! We're out of school tomorrow for Good Friday and then all of next week.  The past two weeks at ...

On Sunday the weather was spring-like and beautiful. Temperatures got up to 75 degrees (23 C) and the sun came out after several days of rai...

It's my summer vacation! I've been off since Thursday afternoon and I don't go back until next Monday. It's nice to have som...

The garden is in full swing, and it's turning out to be a good year for tomatoes. I'm glad I planted some sturdy hybrid determinate ...

It's been a busy few weeks around here, but I still find it hard to believe that June is almost half over. Finding time to blog has been...

 I've very little time for blogging today, but I wanted to post an update on how my garden's coming along. Here are some photos I to...

We're still in the sweet spot, garden-wise, at this point in the year. Everything is growing and thriving, and the heat, bugs, diseases,...