mondays at maywood
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Tending the herb garden, with thoughts toward school
One advantage to ignoring the garden for awhile (like the entire ridiculously hot month of July) is that when you finally attack the chaos, the results are dramatic. Getting started, though is a daunting task. Where to begin? My philosophy on tackling overwhelming tasks is to start with one big thing that is really bugging me Continue reading
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Honey Harvest 2012
If there’s anything more satisfying to a beekeeper than seeing buckets of harvested honey, it is seeing that golden sweetness in jars. It’s a little bit arrogant on our part to take pride in a good harvest since the bees make the honey, but there’s enough work on the part of the beekeeper to justify it. Continue reading
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Summertime…and the reading is easy. Sort of.
It’s mid-summer and my dilemma du jour is this–which book to read next? Before heading off on vacation last week, I spent hours browsing and uploading books (or at least samples of books) onto my Nook. I didn’t really need to do that since our beach place had internet as well as books, but it’s Continue reading
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What’s bugging you?
Which is worse–a three-day power outage or seeking refuge in the Hereford Zone where bugs are a fact of life? Temperatures in the 90’s led daughter Julie to choose the Hereford Zone. She walked in the door to a warning from Dad. “There’s a big spider on the kitchen counter, but don’t worry, it’s dead.” Ok, Continue reading
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Kitchen Canisters
As all teachers know, summer vacation is when all the projects that haven’t been done the rest of the year get done. This includes things like filing paperwork, getting to the bottom of the laundry, and putting away errant Christmas decorations. The dilemma is not what to do; it’s where to start. A seemingly simple Continue reading
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The Home Stretch
After a visit to the bee yard to watch the take-offs and landings of the honeybees, we noticed that bumblebees were all over the wild raspberries Sunday evening. They have been busy pollinating and there looks to be a nice batch of raspberries this season. Saturday morning I took a stroll down to the blueberries Continue reading
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Meditations from the herb garden: Graduating the seniors
My goal Saturday morning was to weed around the screen porch in order to find room for the flowers I bought last week, but by the time I slept in and enjoyed a mug or two of coffee, the sun was blazing in that part of the yard. The wise weeder seeks shade, and shade was Continue reading
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The Scent of Maywood: This Week It’s Wild Roses
A fragrance cannot be posted in a blog. Picture and video can provide sight and sound, but to really experience Maywood in spring, you have to smell it. On a walk down to the field to inspect the blueberries, the sweet smell of grass perfumes the air. Not the smell of a fresh mowed lawn, Continue reading
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The road less traveled…or alternate routes
With the rare exception of fugitive man-hunts through our woods and the not-so-rare “incident” during rush hour, living next to Interstate 83 is a good thing. I-83 makes it possible for Hereford Zonians to live in beautiful, rural northern Baltimore County and get to everywhere else. And that’s the problem. The highway is the primary travel route for most people to get to work. Continue reading
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Manhunt at Maywood
Having a fire engine with a full complement of firefighters in the driveway is reassuring when there is a fugitive in the woods. Being protected in our sleep by so many law enforcement and emergency workers makes me feel secure. Knowing that police patrol cars, helicopters, search dogs, firefighters, and ambulance drivers know where I live Continue reading
Slightly Off the Grid 